disgorging

verb

present participle of disgorge
as in ejecting
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 Synonyms for disgorging
  1. ejecting
  2. expelling
  3. erupting
  4. spitting
  5. pouring
  6. belching
  7. spewing
  8. emitting
Verb
  • When Freedom stepped toward the court, security intervened and led him away before ejecting him from the building.
    — Emily Ohman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The vehicle flipped, ejecting him, and then landed on top of him.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of ejecting
Verb
  • From the battlefields of Afghanistan expelling a global superpower to laying the groundwork for al-Qaeda, FOX News experts and former intelligence officials break down the roots of modern terrorism.
    — , FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Those plans were disrupted when the tank failed as the workday began, expelling huge amounts of a caustic liquid capable of causing severe burns.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of expelling
Verb
  • Its skyline is dominated by towering smokestacks, hulking arrays of metal tubes and bright flames erupting from flares at petrochemical plants in the global plastics supply chain.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Triton’s nitrogen geyser system Voyager 2 observed at least four dark plumes erupting from Triton, Neptune’s largest moon, during its 1989 flyby.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of erupting
Verb
  • Oprah sported a Lululemon version during a hiking trip in Australia earlier this year, but this spitting-image pick is a fraction of the price.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Within that, the specific element of the tracking data which makes batting so tough is the inconsistency of bounce, with a large number of deliveries either spitting (bouncing excessively) or scooting (bouncing far less than anticipated).
    — Ben Jones Aug. 26, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of spitting
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  • The kingdom is pouring money into data centers and investing in tech companies that agree to move some of their operations to the country.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Meta is building a data center in the nearby town of Kuna, and Micron is putting up two semiconductor factories in the metro area, pouring billions of dollars into the region.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of pouring
Verb
  • Across a massive network of underwater mountain chains known as mid-ocean ridges, tectonic plates slowly pull apart, belching molten rock at the spreading seams.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 8 July 2026
  • We’re paralyzed by whether a carbon-belching fossil fuel company’s right to pollute should outweigh the rest of the country’s right to clean air and a stable climate.
    — Max Taves, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
Definition of belching
Verb
  • The Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Mount Sinabung on Indonesia erupted Monday, spewing a column of black ash and smoke 3,500 meters (11,482 feet) from the top of the mountain into the sky over Sumatra island.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • That heart-wrenching news was swiftly entangled in the anti-vaccine misinformation Kennedy was spewing online.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of spewing
Verb
  • Basically every device with a battery or power cable these days is emitting some kind of signal, mostly WiFi or Bluetooth.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The Slingshot surges forward as the tach swings toward redline, the exhaust emitting a guttural howl.
    — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of emitting
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“Disgorging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgorging. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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