ERUCTED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

eructed

verb

past tense of eruct

as in erupted

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

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Pompeii is often thought of as an undisturbed time capsule, a once-bustling port that fell silent after Mount Vesuvius erupted and blanketed the ancient Roman city with a thick layer of ash in AD 79.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
The Toronto stadium erupted — then the fourth official's monitor lit up, and 30,000 people watched the celebration die in real time.

— Renana Ashkenazi, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

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He was expelled from Framingham High School after assaulting a student.

— Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 24 July 2026
In 2022, Albania expelled Iranian diplomats after concluding that Tehran was behind a wave of cyberattacks aimed at government institutions and critical infrastructure.

— Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026

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That’s when a 17-year-old girl spit at an officer when she was asked to leave the area, authorities said.

— WBFF STAFF, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2026
The final game of their series win against the Colorado Rockies coincided with the second day of the 2026 MLB Draft, when teams start drafting based on outlier tools, senior signability or the statistical analyses their internal models spit out.

— Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 13 July 2026

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These digital tokens, which are pegged to fiat currencies and emitted by companies rather than a central bank, have proliferated globally, with behemoths like Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC dominating the marketplace.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 15 July 2026
However, this innovative material completely erases thermal signatures from infrared screens by altering how heat is emitted and detected.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026

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