regurgitated

verb

past tense of regurgitate
as in vomited
to discharge (something) previously consumed The mother dog regurgitates her food to feed her puppies.

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Recent Examples of regurgitated Cruz regurgitated many of them on the air Saturday with zero pushback. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Before that procedure took place, however, Guinness regurgitated the plush toy Sunday night, according to a zoo spokesperson. — Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 22 June 2026 On Monday, the zoo announced that Guinness had regurgitated the plush. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 22 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 What the birds cannot digest is regurgitated into a pellet. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 12 May 2026 The woman who regurgitated everything to you was wrong as well. — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 8 May 2026 Firecracker became extremely loyal to Homelander and regurgitated his radical conservative views to the public. — Staff Author, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regurgitated
  1. vomited
  2. expelled
  3. hurled
  4. ejected
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  • At some point that night, Ammann vomited black fluid, Frei later testified.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Her toddler vomited, which started a chain reaction of vomit.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of vomited
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  • Palestinian citizens of Israel – who make up 20% of the population – are descendants of Palestinians who were not expelled or forced to flee their homes when Israel was established in 1948.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
  • At the time, hundreds of thousands more fled or were expelled from their homes.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of expelled
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  • In another confrontation with Ravana, Lakshmana intervenes to protect Vibhishana from a spear hurled by Ravana.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • In another, guards beat a detainee and hurled sexist slurs while denying her access to the toilet and sanitary pads.
    — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of hurled
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  • Making matters worse for Atlanta, reserve guard Kingston Flemings, who scored 12 points, received a technical foul and was ejected for elbowing Pelicans reserve guard Bryce McGowens in the face during the final minutes.
    — Brett Martel, AJC.com, 1 Nov. 2026
  • This wasn't the first time Sousa and XX-XY Athletics supporters had been ejected from a Thorns game at Providence Park.
    — Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of ejected

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