as in erupted
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
the volcano belched lava and ash for days
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Recent Examples of belched
The nearby fire department rushed by boat to the crash site and were assisted by a private tug boat that helped douse the fire that belched black smoke from the barge, said Alton Deputy Fire Chief Matt Fischer.
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Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belched
Verb
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Protests have erupted in American cities since.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
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Shocking allegations have erupted from the Moore administration’s Department of Human Services surrounding an alleged scheme to intentionally maintain a high error rate in SNAP payments.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Jan. 2026
Verb
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And freshman cornerback Ja’Boree Antoine held his own when pressed into duty late after Lucas was ejected and OJ Frederique left in the second half with an injury.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Fire Rescue said one person was ejected in the collision and airlifted to a trauma center.—
Chelsea Jones,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Academics, journalists, students, have been fired or expelled, or, in some cases locked up for expressing their speech.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Vatican then expelled ten other members.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
Verb
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On its fringes, volcanic islands gurgle and spit, their fertile slopes ablaze with wildflowers, capers, and Malvasia grapes.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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Picked him up when the system spit him out.—
Kevin Sherrington,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Archival added that rescue efforts had been hampered by the fact that any sparks created by digging machinery could ignite methane gas emitted by the landfill, per the outlet.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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The outer layer of the capsule is made from gelatin coated with a layer of cellulose and either molybdenum or tungsten, which blocks any RF signal from being emitted.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Firefighters worked to put out the fire, which video shows spewed heavy flames.—
Kristie Keleshian,
CBS News,
21 Dec. 2025
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Real number sets are all equally big infinities regardless of whether they’re arrayed in a line, scattered on a plane, or spewed across the vastness of 3D space.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
25 Nov. 2025
Verb
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By the time Journalism and jockey Umberto Rispoli began passing other horses and taking aim at Fierceness with the rally that had won him the Santa Anita Derby, Preakness and Haskell Stakes, the leader had spurted clear by 2-1/2 lengths turning into the homestretch.—
Kevin Modesti,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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The supporters’ handheld smoke bombs spurted plumes of royal blue, the apparatus and color foreign to the home stadium of the orange and black Giants.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
24 Aug. 2025
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That said, the amount of market cap being accumulated and disgorged daily by the massive tech platform companies isn’t entirely comforting.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
29 Nov. 2025
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The tourists are already lined up, disgorged from the buses, on their cells.—
Karl Kirchwey,
The New York Review of Books,
13 Nov. 2025
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“Belched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belched. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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