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Ejection

The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation.

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Actuation 76% connected

A bringing into action; movement.

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Banishment 76% connected

The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.

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Propulsion 76% connected

The act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion.

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Proscription 76% connected

The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a…

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Barring 76% connected

of Bar

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Belch 76% connected

To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct.

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Belching 76% connected

of Belch

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Blackball 76% connected

A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.

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Deportation 76% connected

The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

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Disgorgement 76% connected

The act of disgorging; a vomiting; that which is disgorged.

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Emesis 76% connected

A vomiting.

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Eructation 76% connected

The act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch.

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Expectoration 76% connected

The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.

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Ostracism 76% connected

Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.

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Ouster 76% connected

A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin.

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Ousting 76% connected

of Oust

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Puking 76% connected

of Puke

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Regurgitation 76% connected

The act of flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entrance

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Spit 76% connected

A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.

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Spitting 76% connected

of Spit

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Vomit 76% connected

To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.

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Vomiting 76% connected

of Vomit

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Exclude 74% connected

To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as,…

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Exclude 74% connected

To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as,…

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Synonym 4

Exclusion 92% connected

The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of bein…

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Expulsion 92% connected

The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.

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Projection 92% connected

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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Riddance 92% connected

The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out.

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