eructs

verb

present tense third-person singular of eruct
as in ejects
to violently throw out or off (something from within) he suddenly snapped and began eructing his repressed anger

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eructs
  1. ejects
  2. expels
  3. erupts
  4. spits
  5. jets
  6. emits
  7. releases
  8. streams
Verb
  • This development forcibly ejects the mild-mannered mammal into both his parents’ den and the wild — literally — world of dating, where smelling suitors’ pee takes the place of an app profile.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 22 May 2026
  • At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of ejects
Verb
  • To protect itself, the coral expels its own algae — a primary food, energy, and oxygen source — and soon loses its color.
    — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Now they are being flown to Bhutan - a country that still refuses to recognize them as citizens and expels them on arrival to India or Nepal.
    — Maansi Srivastava, NPR, 21 July 2026
Definition of expels
Verb
  • Brouhaha erupts Martin was ejected in the third inning Thursday after throwing two pitches at the head of Reds first baseman Sal Stewart, who had homered in the first inning.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • If Yellowstone erupts again, the most probable outcome is not a continent-spanning explosion.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of erupts
Verb
  • That shift matters because judgment, not technical execution, is becoming what separates a good analyst from a tool that just spits out answers.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • The most forceful argument to this end comes during a sequence in Hades, when Sinon (Elliot Page, giving the film’s best performance) essentially spits on Odysseus’s ethical and narrative framework for the world.
    — Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026
Definition of spits
Verb
  • The President frequently jets down to his Palm Beach property on weekends.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
  • Instead of Paris this time, the film jets off to another fabulous destination besides New York — Milan — for a huge fashion expo where Lady Gaga gets to perform and even exchange swipes with Miranda.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of jets
Verb
  • The amount of neutrino energy absorbed by the companion star, however, would be only a tiny fraction of the amount of energy the star emits on its own, so again, this is likely to have little effect.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Food waste decomposing in landfills emits methane, a potent greenhouse gas that warms the planet.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of emits
Verb
  • Vuori Villa Shorts Wrinkle resistance is one thing; fabric that actually releases wrinkles is even better.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Second, and more fundamentally, limestone itself releases CO₂ when it is heated.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of releases
Verb
  • Their bout runs on the Zeus Network portion, which streams separately from the DAZN main card listed below.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • However, the main attraction during dark nights in August is the Milky Way, which streams through the Summer Triangle to Scorpius and Sagittarius.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of streams
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“Eructs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eructs. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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