as in to eject
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
the volcano disgorged lava in a spectacular nighttime show
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Recent Examples of disgorge
This agglomeration of leftovers is eventually disgorged by the animal (or found after its death, if the whale is cut open).
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Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
In Tacoma, 35 miles to the south, Ted Bundy grew up near the American Smelting and Refining Co., which disgorged obscene levels of lead and arsenic into the air while netting millions for the Guggenheim dynasty before its 1986 closure.
—Hamilton Cain, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
There were only three working business establishments, all of them taverns that loudly disgorged their patrons at 2 a.m.
—Murr Brewster, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2025
The barges form a pier onto which ships that line up alongside the barges could disgorge vehicles.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
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Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
In Tacoma, 35 miles to the south, Ted Bundy grew up near the American Smelting and Refining Co., which disgorged obscene levels of lead and arsenic into the air while netting millions for the Guggenheim dynasty before its 1986 closure.
—Hamilton Cain, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
There were only three working business establishments, all of them taverns that loudly disgorged their patrons at 2 a.m.
—Murr Brewster, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2025
The barges form a pier onto which ships that line up alongside the barges could disgorge vehicles.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgorge
Verb
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He had already been ejected earlier in the third period.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Last week, at the Glasgow stop of her Infinity Heart tour, Siwa unexpectedly ejected two fans from the show over a hoodie that featured Siwa photoshopped onto an egg, an image that appeared to be mocking her hairline.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
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The elder Mamdani grew up in Uganda, in East Africa, in a community of Ugandans of Indian descent, known as the Bayindi, who played a prominent role in the country until Idi Amin expelled them en masse in 1972.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Shortly afterward, Jews were expelled from the city; Muslims were pushed out over the ensuing years.—
Fiona Mozley,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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During its first flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in 2005, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured dramatic water ice plumes erupting into space from the moon’s south pole.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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The leaves on the park’s deciduous trees erupt into every shade of deep scarlet, fiery orange, and golden yellow—and visitors have front-row seats to see it all.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
2 Oct. 2025
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In 2020, the duo bounced across the Tropicana Field turf before Game 1, Guerrero spitting seeds with a bandana around his neck and Bichette’s long hair still flowing behind him.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Why turn my face toward something that spit me out?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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People with lung conditions can’t live without them, but the researchers noted some might be able to switch to an alternative inhaler that emits fewer problematic propellants.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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White dwarfs will cool to become black dwarfs after about 1014 years or so, and the even smaller neutron stars will cease to emit visible light after around 1015-1016 years.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Residents in rural Lapel are seeing brown water pouring from their kitchen and bathroom taps.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
6 Oct. 2025
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Inside the speakeasy, Stewart got behind the bar and poured shots.—
Mark Gray,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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Early Sunday on the same sparsely populated peninsula, the Krasheninnikov volcano spewed white ash clouds into the sky for the first time in hundreds of years.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
7 Oct. 2025
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Bad blood has been spewing for the better part of six years as the Sunshine State’s two teams have taken control of the Eastern Conference.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Four belches on the U-T five-belch meter.—
Tim Meehan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Sep. 2025
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Her old garbage disposal is still in place and frequently belches waste back into the sink.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Disgorge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgorge. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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