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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But no one else is likely to disgorge a massive viewing breakdown in the way Netflix has; there’s just no upside.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024
If the language existed in a kind of vacuum, beyond history’s reach, logic suggested that its creator did too: a hoaxer working furtively in a private office or some lone genius in an attic, disgorging bizarro visions onto parchment by candlelight.
—Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
But some trenches still disgorged untreated wastewater into the river.
—Jessica Leigh Hester, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
Every day, from front-line towns and cities across the country, trains disgorged throngs of desperate people seeking safe haven.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024
If the language existed in a kind of vacuum, beyond history’s reach, logic suggested that its creator did too: a hoaxer working furtively in a private office or some lone genius in an attic, disgorging bizarro visions onto parchment by candlelight.
—Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
But some trenches still disgorged untreated wastewater into the river.
—Jessica Leigh Hester, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
Every day, from front-line towns and cities across the country, trains disgorged throngs of desperate people seeking safe haven.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
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“Disgorge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgorge. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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