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
The barges form a pier onto which ships that line up alongside the barges could disgorge vehicles.
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Chris Buckley, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
After aging is deemed complete, the cellar team disgorges the wines by hand without freezing the neck.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Night skiing was featured to enable locals to ski after work, and on most afternoons in winter, yellow buses disgorged scores of local students, who took over the mountain.
—David Goodman, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Any records being held by New York City and its agencies must be disgorged.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025
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Chris Buckley, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
After aging is deemed complete, the cellar team disgorges the wines by hand without freezing the neck.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Night skiing was featured to enable locals to ski after work, and on most afternoons in winter, yellow buses disgorged scores of local students, who took over the mountain.
—David Goodman, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Any records being held by New York City and its agencies must be disgorged.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgorge
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Home plate umpire Ramon De Jesus called strike three on Rockies outfielder Tyler Freeman, and he immediately got ejected after arguing the call.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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Until 2006, patent holders could presumptively obtain a court injunction that ordered infringers to stop using their invention (akin to a landowner’s legal right to eject trespassers camping on their property).—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Since 2020, military juntas in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have expelled Western forces — including U.S. troops — and turned instead to Russia for security support.—
Jewel Bright,
NPR,
9 July 2025
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At that point, the pericarp contracts, and both the fruit and the seeds are violently expelled through the resulting hole.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 July 2025
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More recently, the Ranch fire and the Henderson fire blazed across hundreds of acres, while the Lake fire erupted around 4 p.m. Pacific time on Saturday at the Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area in San Bernardino County and spread to 478 acres over the subsequent five hours.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Bezos' multimillion-dollar affair has drawn ire online and in person, as protests erupt in the region calling for the Blue Origin owner to pay more in taxes amid global frustrations about class and wealth divides.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
29 June 2025
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The intoxicated passenger was recorded grabbing the victim's hair and spitting on her.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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Jonathan Groff’s penchant for spitting on audiences became mainstream enough to warrant a joke at the Tonys.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
25 June 2025
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In 2024, India emitted 3.3 billion metric tons, up 24% over the past decade.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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There’s frustration that despite warnings and actions, the world’s nations are still emitting more global-warming greenhouse gases, accelerating the impacts of climate change.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 June 2025
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This can be difficult for founders who have poured their heart and soul into building their company.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Congratulatory comments come pouring in from friends and peers.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
30 June 2025
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Waves are constantly breaking in the ocean, spewing massive volumes of biological shrapnel, such as proteins, fats and DNA fragments from decomposed microbes.—
Max G. Levy,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 June 2025
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Fox is ground zero for the kinds of vicious lies about immigrants that Trump has been spewing on the presidential stage for a decade.—
Marjorie García,
Billboard,
26 June 2025
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But state lawmakers didn’t like that, concerned that older vehicles belched more than an over-eater on Thanksgiving, and locked in the date.—
Jim Radcliffe,
Oc Register,
23 May 2025
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On Monday morning, the volcano erupted again, belching ash clouds three-quarters of a mile high.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
19 May 2025
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“Disgorge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgorge. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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