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
Instead, the cars pull onto what looks like a miniaturized aircraft carrier and embark across the port’s Main Channel, a minutes-long voyage that will disgorge them onto the United States’ most expensive, and exclusive, ZIP code: 33109, Fisher Island.
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2025
And yet, the sands of Montana seem to have disgorged a second one.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
Prior work noted one possible origin of this ice was volcanism, which could disgorge large amounts of water vapor.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The 19-deck Costa Toscana eases to the dock and disgorges thousands of day-trippers to the souvenir shops and eateries of this old city, a 10-hour invasion of tourists that sends most locals into retreat.
—Doug Struck, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2025
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2025
And yet, the sands of Montana seem to have disgorged a second one.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
Prior work noted one possible origin of this ice was volcanism, which could disgorge large amounts of water vapor.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The 19-deck Costa Toscana eases to the dock and disgorges thousands of day-trippers to the souvenir shops and eateries of this old city, a 10-hour invasion of tourists that sends most locals into retreat.
—Doug Struck, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgorge
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During the crash, the man who was operating the tractor was ejected and pinned underneath it.—
Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The motorcyclist was ejected and died at the scene of the crash, CHP Officer Jasmine Lopez said.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Ramzi Bashour’s feature debut follows a teenager from Indiana who takes a road trip to see the American West with his Lebanese immigrant mother after being expelled from high school.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
1 Feb. 2026
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Immigration and Integration Minister Rasmus Stoklund said 315 foreign criminals from countries outside the European Union had received sentences of more than a year over the last five years but were not expelled.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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Los Angeles police arrested multiple violent agitators after issuing dispersal orders as protests erupted across the city Friday evening.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Two elderly women were killed in two fatal fires in Brooklyn and Queens that erupted within two hours, FDNY officials said Friday.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement that officers arrested two people and used pepper balls after protesters did not heed orders to disperse, adding that demonstrators also breached a protest area and spit on officers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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The video shows Pretti yelling at a federal agent’s vehicle and appearing to spit into the car.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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And of course batteries aren't emitting either.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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So many names for nonpersons, emitted with such ease!—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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American oil companies were reluctant to pour money into Venezuela given the country’s crumbling infrastructure, its history of political instability, and the cost of refining its low-quality reserves.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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And videos started pouring in showing just how messy and hostile the surge was.—
Eric Roper,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
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The aircraft then slid down the runway with smoke and flames spewing out before coming to a stop, as seen in local news footage from CBS affiliate KHOU.—
David Matthews,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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These stand out amid the otherwise adequate effects, which simply get the spurting, spewing job done.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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With a clogged toilet belching up a bunch of poop all over Miranda's apartment.—
EW Staff December 5,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Dec. 2025
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Four belches on the U-T five-belch meter.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Disgorge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgorge. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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