EXCRETING Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

excreting

verb

present participle of excrete

as in secreting

formal to pass (waste matter) from the body or from an organ in the body excrete sweat The kidneys excrete toxins.

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Recent Examples of excreting This pair of organs is responsible for filtering and excreting drugs from your body. — Carrie Madormo, Health, 7 Apr. 2026 This would be in accordance with the universal law of capital devouring everything potentially good and excreting it as something actually bad. — Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025 In fact, the birds let loose with the feces every four to ten minutes while in flight, excreting roughly 5 percent of their body mass every hour. — ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2025

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When activated by heat, the spores awaken and begin secreting enzymes that chemically break down the material from within.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 May 2026
One type of polyp handles feeding, extending above the sand and secreting a mucus net to capture small prey.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of secreting

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In recent years, though, Erdoğan has appeared bent on eliminating even the possibility of competition.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
Incidentally, our current and future facilities will remain free of charge, eliminating yet another barrier to access.

— Leslie Anderson, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026

Definition of eliminating

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Then the group will take a nice – and well-deserved – break for a little bit after their nearly year-long tour and releasing music in between.

— Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Since releasing his debut album, Jay-Z has racked up 25 Grammy wins as well as several historic firsts for a rapper, including his induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (in 2017) and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2021).

— Caché McClay, USA Today, 11 July 2026

Definition of releasing

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But with military flyovers continuing, some attendees stopped in their tracks to take pictures of ongoing flyovers instead of evacuating.

— Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Ground robots are hauling ammunition, evacuating wounded troops, laying mines, and increasingly carrying weapons into combat as Ukraine tries to replace as many frontline tasks as possible with machines.

— David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

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