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ejection seat

noun

  1. an airplane seat that can be ejected with the pilot in an emergency.


ejection seat

noun

  1. a seat, esp as fitted to military aircraft, that is fired by a cartridge or rocket to eject the occupant from the aircraft in an emergency
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of ejection seat1

First recorded in 1940–45

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