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
  • 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
  • Mary can see how worried her sister looks and sits by her while… her mother expels another human being from her body, behind the very thin curtain just a few feet away.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026
Definition of expels
Verb
  • The best seat in the house is wherever the room erupts when the ball hits the net.
    — Ali Farooqui, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026
  • Gold is a safe-haven asset that investors gravitate toward when economic and political turmoil erupts, sending waves through the markets.
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of erupts
Verb
  • 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
  • Lowry, in the meantime, would embark on a two-decade career in a league that spits out frauds on the regular.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 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
  • Ease on the power (there are five levels of assist), and the ride improves as the pedals combine with the rear hub, which is nearly silent at lower settings and emits only a slight whir at full power.
    — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Looking deeper at the gamma-ray data, the team found the northern part of the remnant emits a totally different signal than the rest of the region.
    — Damien Pine, Scientific American, 21 July 2026
Definition of emits
Verb
  • Rodríguez has rejected suggestions that authorities understated the disaster, saying the government releases only casualty figures that have been fully verified and would not speculate about the final toll.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • Now, after reuniting in 2024, Body Type releases its third album, Tally, on July 24, marking the band’s first time working with a producer (Warpaint band member Stella Mozgawa) in an official capacity.
    — Charles Moss, SPIN, 23 July 2026
Definition of releases
Verb
  • Under dark skies, the Milky Way visibly streams behind Deneb and through Altair like a river of stars.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 24 July 2026
  • Globally, the event streams on Paramount+ at no additional cost, while DAZN PPV will carry it in the UK and Ireland.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of streams
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“Eructs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eructs. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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