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
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.
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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
One seawall seemed to be disgorging a steady stream of liquid into the river, as if connected to a spigot.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
As such, the judge couldn't really grant Encompass' request that profits be disgorged.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
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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
One seawall seemed to be disgorging a steady stream of liquid into the river, as if connected to a spigot.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
As such, the judge couldn't really grant Encompass' request that profits be disgorged.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgorge
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This pulse can trigger a process known as electromagnetic dissociation, in which a photon interacts with a nucleus, inducing internal oscillations that eject neutrons and photons.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
13 May 2025
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Derek Curiel grounded out to second base to strand Milam at second base. Arkansas 5, LSU 3 — Middle 8th Inning LSU coach Jay Johnson was ejected for arguing a 3-2 pitch that was ruled a ball, which allowed Justin Thomas to reach with a 1-out walk.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
12 May 2025
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Without delay, the Taichung fired its water cannon to expel the Chinese ship from the area, the agency said.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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The birds stuck around for the secretive voting process, but appeared to clear out at 3 p.m. ET, when the cardinals expelled black smoke from the chimney to indicate that a decision on the next pope is yet to be made, per USA Today.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
8 May 2025
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Without Tatum, Brown erupted for his best-scoring game of the series: 26 points on 9-of-17 shooting from the field and 3-of-5 shooting from downtown.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2025
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The talks came as protests erupted across China, where the loss of the U.S.—the country's largest single export market—was forcing factories to shut down.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Standing stoically amid the screaming, spitting, scrapping miners is a security robot.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
16 May 2025
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For ages 3-6—after which kids can typically rinse with water and spit out the paste—a slightly larger pea-sized dollop suffices.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
14 May 2025
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The amount varies based on how local power is generated, whether using coal or natural gas, which emit carbon pollution, versus renewable resources like wind or solar, which do not.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Thus, in our hypothetical still image of this speeding cube, the far corner photon was emitted earlier than the near corner photon as expected — except when the cube was in a different position.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
14 May 2025
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Meanwhile, industrial policy made a comeback as Western governments poured billions into subsidy programs to build strategic capabilities at home.—
Ian Bremmer,
Foreign Affairs,
13 May 2025
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From that time on, almost every startup is AI-focused, venture capital has poured millions into this technology, and most forward-thinking and innovative companies want to implement AI into their workflows and operations.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Topline The Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano located off the Pacific Northwest coast that last erupted in 2015 and spewed several miles of lava along the seafloor, could be preparing to erupt soon, according to scientists observing seismic activity in the area.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and even from the ground itself.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
8 May 2025
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Suncor agreed to pay a $10.5 million penalty in February 2024 to settle air permit violations for belching toxic chemicals over a three-year period.—
Noelle Phillips,
The Denver Post,
13 Mar. 2025
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In our lifetimes, cities were clogged with smog, which contained plenty of lead belched from then-leaded gasoline.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Disgorge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgorge. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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