Cut
Cut verb - To penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife).
Eject
Eject verb - To drive or force out.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
-
Escape Pod: While ships are normally equipped with them, the pilot doesn't always have time to eject before being incinerated or spaced (if a ship is cut in half).
Source: Literature / Competitors - Fridge Logic says they would have to first cut off the antimatter fuel input to safely eject the core, which should mean the reactor shuts down and doesn't need ejecting anymore... but apparently the only time the writers remember the ship even has fuel is when they do a running-out-of-fuel episode.
Source: Failsafe Failure
Cite this Source
Eject and Cut. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/eject
Cut & Eject. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/eject>.
Eject or Cut. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/eject.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "cut" and "eject" have occurred on timeline