as in to eject
to drive or force out
the sort of person who is determined to extrude every last gob of toothpaste from the tube
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Recent Examples of extrude
Place the napkin around both sides of the stained fabric and press firmly with your fingers to extrude as much soy sauce from the shirt as possible, repeating until no more soy sauce comes out into the napkin.
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Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2025
Four silicone base pads extrude glue which sets rapidly, so the drone remains stuck in place when the rotors are turned off.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The printer extruded a cement-like mixture out of a nozzle, guided by a pre-programmed blueprint, and built up the basic structure of the homes in layers, then human builders came in to finish them off.
—New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2025
In medieval Europe through to the eighteenth century, people saw it as separate from the body—a substance extruded like, regrettably, excrement.
—Book Marks
august 1, Literary Hub, 1 Aug. 2025
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Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2025
Four silicone base pads extrude glue which sets rapidly, so the drone remains stuck in place when the rotors are turned off.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The printer extruded a cement-like mixture out of a nozzle, guided by a pre-programmed blueprint, and built up the basic structure of the homes in layers, then human builders came in to finish them off.
—New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2025
In medieval Europe through to the eighteenth century, people saw it as separate from the body—a substance extruded like, regrettably, excrement.
—Book Marks
august 1, Literary Hub, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extrude
Verb
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Matthew Hubble, 37, of Brookland, Arkansas, was out on a boat with friends when he was ejected.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Oct. 2025
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In Mali, French forces were ejected in 2022 after battling Islamist terror groups for nine years.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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Kate — who is known for recycling outfits, often years apart — debuted the piece during a January 2020 visit to Bradford Town Hall before reusing the coat at the royal family's Christmas church outing in 2022.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Yesavage would’ve likely contributed to a Game 5 outing back in Toronto, but the Jays ensured that wasn’t required with a 5-2 win over the Yankees.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Cavazos says this work — chasing leads or even, at times, following ICE agents — to alert the community can be hard, especially now that the Department of Homeland Security regularly accuses groups like Cavazos' of interfering with their jobs and endangering the lives of immigration officers.—
Marisa Peñaloza,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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In private debt, incentive misalignment can arise if managers prioritize asset growth at all costs, which sometimes leads to chasing thinner spreads or riskier deals.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Biden administration dismissed the lawsuit, and prosecutors dropped a grand jury investigation the following year.—
NPR,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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The revelation immediately erupted into a political crisis, with the head of prisons dismissed and Guatemalans threatening to protest.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Disruption and sadness shall be banished.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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As for banishing, those shiny black leggings—the rock chic sort that look PVC but aren’t.—
Olivia Allen,
Vogue,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There’s a wonderful chapter in which an older woman extolls a younger one to tell a painful story not with words, but with movements, so as to expel her pain without enlisting narrative’s power to summon, and thus force a re-living, of painful events.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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In at least three Sahel states — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — military juntas that came to power in coups, notably Niger and Mali, have expelled Western military forces.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Extrude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extrude. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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