belched

verb

past tense of belch
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 For decades, Saarland’s foundries and furnaces belched black into the sky. — Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2026 The rare isotope is mostly locked away deep within our world’s innards, but vanishingly small quantities are belched out in volcanic eruptions and through natural gas pipelines. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 14 May 2026 Gloria stood up and belched, freeing me from her weight. — Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 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. — Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belched
  1. erupted
  2. ejected
  3. expelled
  4. spit
  5. emitted
  6. spewed
  7. spurted
  8. disgorged
Verb
  • Earlier Monday, some residents returned to find their homes leveled by wildfires that erupted across a parched landscape over the weekend, covering yards in charred debris.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Sleep was beginning to finally visit the insomniacs and drunkards of T—in central Manila when a commotion louder than the usual domestic squabbles erupted from the room above Mang Calixto’s bakery.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of erupted
Verb
  • The pilot safely ejected and is in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • It has not been confirmed whether the pilot was auto-ejected.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of ejected
Verb
  • After coming into power, the Malian military junta expelled French forces from the country in 2022, citing protection of national sovereignty and a worsening security crisis.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • It was obtained by James Dale, who was expelled from the Boy Scouts in the early 1990s for being gay and later sued over discrimination.
    — Jamie Stengle, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Definition of expelled
Verb
  • Unfortunately for Miami, Suarez, who has been on fire, is suspended for the next six Leagues Cups games for spitting at a Seattle Sounders staff member after the 2025 Final last August.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Greek culinary historian Mariana Kavroulaki pointed out that rather than making stews, characters in The Odyssey were mostly spit-roasting their proteins, though that’s something of an anachronism in the text.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026
Definition of spit
Verb
  • Greece’s firefighting department said Sunday the fire apparently began from sparks emitted by a faulty power line transporting electricity from a private wind generator facility to the main electricity network.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The mouth fiddle belongs to a family of instruments that are orally modulated, lending qualities of the human voice to the sound waves emitted by a vibrating string.
    — Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of emitted
Verb
  • That atmosphere spewed, in part, out of a simple change in tools.
    — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Brown water suddenly spewed from the equipment, shooting into her mouth and eyes.
    — Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of spewed
Verb
  • Someone spurted hair spray on Tate McRae’s long locks.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • Oil prices spurted higher early this week on worries that the war will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed for a long time.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Definition of spurted
Verb
  • Their whiskey was disgorged before being entered into secondary, new American oak barrels that received light char and medium toast.
    — David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Musk amended that proposal in a second filing this month, saying instead that any funds disgorged from OpenAI and its executives should go to OpenAI’s charitable arm.
    — David Ingram, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
Definition of disgorged

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