ejector

Plural: ejectors

Noun

• A device or person that throws something out.
• a person who ousts or supplants someone else
• a mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing
• One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
• A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space.
• ejector seat: a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute.
• That part of the mechanism of a breech-loading firearm which ejects the empty shell.
• A lever for removing circuit boards from an electronic chassis.

Examples

• The game’s automatic ejector removed him after three consecutive passes.

Synonyms

cartridge ejector, ouster