regurgitate

verb

Definition of regurgitatenext
as in to vomit
to discharge (something) previously consumed The mother dog regurgitates her food to feed her puppies.

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Recent Examples of regurgitate And Lamanna’s coauthor Jingmai O’Connor, vertebrate paleontologist and associate curator of fossil reptiles at Chicago’s Field Museum, also pointed out wads of bone found in the Changma Basin resemble pellets that owls regurgitate after feeding on prey. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 June 2026 Paleontologists have documented over 100 prehistoric avian dinosaur remains buried across the region, many resembling the digestive pellets regurgitated by owls living today. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 June 2026 As the caterpillar ingests the leaf, its gut enzymes chop up the plant’s cellular engines and their pieces, including In11, are regurgitated back onto the leaf’s surface, albeit at extremely small concentrations. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026 Notice that the fanboys mindlessly regurgitating the NBA's press release never mention those details. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for regurgitate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regurgitate
  1. vomit
  2. expel
  3. hurl
  4. eject
  5. disgorge
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  • Soap and water keep you safe, though, so if someone around you is vomiting or has diarrhea, Griffin says, head for the sink.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 27 July 2026
  • Within a day or two, the dog stopped eating and started vomiting.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2026
Definition of vomit
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  • After coming into power, the Malian military junta expelled French forces from the country in 2022, citing protection of national sovereignty and a worsening security crisis.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • In his brutal eight-year reign, Amin was estimated by exiles and human rights groups to have caused the deaths of at least 300,000 people and expelled the country’s Asian population.
    — Andrew Fifield, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of expel
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  • While brief, the gag points to the extreme side of identity politics, where hurling accusations against others for their online transgressions is all too common.
    — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026
  • That would entail hurling Starship on a longer-range trajectory, perhaps into low-Earth orbit, to bring the vehicle back to the launch site.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026
Definition of hurl
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  • Collins acknowledged being quite upset at the KSU fan (in a crowd of 2,452) who was ejected by security.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
  • All five passengers were ejected from the car and were pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of eject
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  • Their whiskey was disgorged before being entered into secondary, new American oak barrels that received light char and medium toast.
    — David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Musk amended that proposal in a second filing this month, saying instead that any funds disgorged from OpenAI and its executives should go to OpenAI’s charitable arm.
    — David Ingram, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
Definition of disgorge

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