ejector
noun
ejec·tor
i-ˈjek-tər 
1
: one that ejects
especially
: a mechanism of a firearm that ejects an empty cartridge
2
: a jet pump for withdrawing a gas, fluid, or powdery substance from a space
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The car’s appeal wasn’t fuelled by its handling or performance but by the tricks under its bonnet including revolving number plates and an ejector seat.
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Caroline Reid, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
In the books, author Ian Fleming had specified an earlier Aston Martin DB Mark III as Bond’s car, but the DB5 was introduced in the 1964 Bond film Goldfinger, equipped with gadgets including machine guns, smoke screens, oil slicks, an ejector seat, and rotating license plates.
—Bob Sorokanich, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2024
But Taneja has proved his staying power as chief accounting officer as well—another position that previously was similar to an ejector seat.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2023
Sorrells’ team loads evidence collected from across Dallas-Fort Worth crime scenes, as well as test fires weapons to see if the casing — with its specific firing pin impression, scrapes and ejector mark invisible to the naked eye — match other cases.
—Dallas News, 28 Nov. 2022
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Caroline Reid, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
In the books, author Ian Fleming had specified an earlier Aston Martin DB Mark III as Bond’s car, but the DB5 was introduced in the 1964 Bond film Goldfinger, equipped with gadgets including machine guns, smoke screens, oil slicks, an ejector seat, and rotating license plates.
—Bob Sorokanich, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2024
But Taneja has proved his staying power as chief accounting officer as well—another position that previously was similar to an ejector seat.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2023
Sorrells’ team loads evidence collected from across Dallas-Fort Worth crime scenes, as well as test fires weapons to see if the casing — with its specific firing pin impression, scrapes and ejector mark invisible to the naked eye — match other cases.
—Dallas News, 28 Nov. 2022
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ejector
noun
ejec·tor
i-ˈjek-tər
: something that ejects see saliva ejector
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