as in hurls
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth
the children with the flu vomited every time they tried to eat something
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Recent Examples of vomits
My cat vomits once every week or two.
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Jane Sykes, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
Be aware the virus may be aerosolized when someone vomits, meaning surfaces several feet away could be contaminated, the USDA said.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Contaminated Water Recreational or drinking water gets contaminated when septic tanks leak into wells, when an infected person vomits or defecates in the water, or when wastewater isn’t treated properly to decontaminate it.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Dec. 2025
Cartman starts laughing so hard that he projectile vomits all over Thiel.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
That horrible mistake reveals itself several scenes later when Katie projectile vomits into her windshield.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
The first crazy thing that happens to the movie Smurls is when a kitchen chandelier almost falls on them, though the most visceral is when oldest sister Dawn Smurl (Beau Gadsdon) suddenly vomits up pieces of glass, leaving the sink and her face a bloody mess.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Jane Sykes, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
Be aware the virus may be aerosolized when someone vomits, meaning surfaces several feet away could be contaminated, the USDA said.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Contaminated Water Recreational or drinking water gets contaminated when septic tanks leak into wells, when an infected person vomits or defecates in the water, or when wastewater isn’t treated properly to decontaminate it.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Dec. 2025
Cartman starts laughing so hard that he projectile vomits all over Thiel.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
That horrible mistake reveals itself several scenes later when Katie projectile vomits into her windshield.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
The first crazy thing that happens to the movie Smurls is when a kitchen chandelier almost falls on them, though the most visceral is when oldest sister Dawn Smurl (Beau Gadsdon) suddenly vomits up pieces of glass, leaving the sink and her face a bloody mess.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vomits
Verb
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Cannon hurls a last plate against the wall.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2025
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Her son then gets to realize his dream of not going to college and becoming a firefighter after Kate, who has been on him for the duration of the film to write his college essay, begins reading his college essay and hurls it into the fire.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
9 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The quarterback mishandles the snap and heaves the ball, which is picked off.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Oct. 2025
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Several mega-talented Georgia defensive backs appeared to short-circuit and forget how to track a ball in the air on Tennessee heaves.—
Jason Kirk,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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If the battery overheats, the system acts like a launcher; sensors trigger a mechanism that ejects it from the vehicle.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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As a supernova explosion ejects the outer layers of these stars, their stellar cores collapse.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Vomits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vomits. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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