Eject
Eject verb - To drive or force out.
Rid
Rid verb - To set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers.
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In a The Inspector comic book story, criminals decide to give the Inspector's new police car the "cement tires" treatment in the hopes of getting rid of him, only for the car to open up the roof and eject him before he drowns with the car.
Source: Cement Shoes - Turns out you've been silently handed a MacGuffin that you need to get rid of, and to make matters worse, there's no "get rid of MacGuffin" command — you need to use the "transport" command (normally used to move cargo to another ship or a planet) to eject it into space.
Source: Guide Dang It / Other
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Rid and Eject. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/eject/rid
Eject & Rid. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/eject/rid>.
Rid or Eject. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/eject/rid.
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