ERUCT Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

eruct

verb

i-ˈrəkt

Definition of eruct

as in to eject

to violently throw out or off (something from within) he suddenly snapped and began eructing his repressed anger

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Early exit Maryland defensive back Dontay Joyner took another twist Saturday when he was ejected for a flagrant personal foul just 96 seconds into the game.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Last month, a 42-year-old man fell to his death at Six Flags Over Georgia after being ejected from a roller coaster.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of eject

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Across Lower East Side dives in the early 2000s, Brian Chase, Nick Zinner, and Karen O put on otherworldly rock shows that verged on performance art—a blaze of vodka-spitting, mic-fellating, IDGAF unruliness and explosive, clamorous tracks.

— Megan Buerger, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026
Alku was also punched in the face and spit on, court documents report.

— Mark Price November 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of spit

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Zuma resigned as president because of corruption allegations in 2018 and was expelled from the ANC in 2024 for starting his new party.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
In 1998, after Baghdad expelled UN weapons inspectors, the United States and the United Kingdom bombed Iraq.

— S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of expel

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And then the spontaneous cheers and shouts erupted as the aircraft, full of returning troops, lifted off the South Vietnam air strip.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
These were majestic art objects but in the hands of skilled puppeteers, the Sicilian marionettes shows could also erupt into wild, raw, bloodthirsty warfare.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of erupt

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The researchers designed the paint to emit that radiation at wavelengths that can travel through a relatively transparent part of the atmosphere known as the atmospheric window.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Unlike the real thing, electric fireplaces emit no smoke and leave no messy ashes after use.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of emit

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People in Crystal Lake are constantly being dispatched in ways that offer the most shredded flesh, spurting blood and oozing viscera possible.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
The demonstration video posted on X shows a clear liquid spurting all over the ground, which Tesla confirmed was glycol, a type of cooling agent used to cool its Supercharger cables.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of spurt

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In addition to releasing the academic papers, Polson is also scheduled to teach two business classes at the University of Chicago this fall.

— TODD WALLACK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
The county Medical Examiner’s Office is reviving that case and those of four other youths who remain unidentified in death, releasing forensic sketches that may bring new clues forward.

— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

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