as in to eject
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
the volcano disgorged lava in a spectacular nighttime show
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Recent Examples of disgorge
Night skiing was featured to enable locals to ski after work, and on most afternoons in winter, yellow buses disgorged scores of local students, who took over the mountain.
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David Goodman, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Any records being held by New York City and its agencies must be disgorged.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025
One seawall seemed to be disgorging a steady stream of liquid into the river, as if connected to a spigot.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
As such, the judge couldn't really grant Encompass' request that profits be disgorged.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
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David Goodman, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Any records being held by New York City and its agencies must be disgorged.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025
One seawall seemed to be disgorging a steady stream of liquid into the river, as if connected to a spigot.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
As such, the judge couldn't really grant Encompass' request that profits be disgorged.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for disgorge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgorge
Verb
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The Subaru then rolled over and struck a light pole, ejecting him from the vehicle.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2025
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He was ejected from 10 games in 1898 and was arrested in the offseason for killing a mule that belonged to a farmer.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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Even more disheartening was the Berea College case from 1908, where the Supreme Court upheld a Kentucky law that forced an integrated Christian College, whose mission was to educate youths of all races, to expel all its black students in the name of segregation.—
James Burling,
Oc Register,
2 June 2025
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Video of the talent show is online, and there are parents in the comments suggesting that Elijah be expelled.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
29 May 2025
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The 2,000 guardsmen called up for duty is double the number that were assigned by local authorities to respond to much wider protests that erupted throughout Los Angeles in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in 2020.—
Michael Wilner,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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The archive celebrates the midcentury modern designs that erupted from this milieu.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
5 June 2025
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Several of the individuals then spit on the flag or sprayed flammable liquid to continue the blaze before a second flag was added to the fire.—
Anders Hagstrom,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2025
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In Anderson’s lavishly talented ensembles, the majority of the performers fulfill the basic requirements of being in a Wes Anderson movie, which can involve spitting out long reams of dialogue quickly, directly, without a lot of sauce.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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Decaying sargassum poses health risks, emits noxious gases, and smothers marine habitats and tourist beaches alike, underscoring a cascading set of environmental and economic challenges well beyond the Caribbean islands.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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The feature includes the research and voices of more than 100 leading international architects; Kossakovsky details in the trailer that eight percent of all CO2 is emitted due to cement, with 36 percent of that coming from construction alone.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
5 June 2025
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All told, venture capital investors and private equity firms poured $3.1 billion to fund 144 deals in the L.A. area in the first quarter of this year, up 15% from a year ago, according to research firm CB Insights.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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Moving quickly, slowly pour the hot sugar mixture, a ¼ cup at a time, into the sugar-egg mixture while whisking by hand continuously to temper the eggs.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 June 2025
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See dramatic photos of the eruption spewing hot ash and lava.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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Residents of that Wilmington street petitioned and pleaded and then resorted to blocking off the street briefly to the trucks that shook the ground and spewed the filth through their neighborhood.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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On Monday morning, the volcano erupted again, belching ash clouds three-quarters of a mile high.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
19 May 2025
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The planes were rickety contraptions with no brakes that belched castor oil and had to be dragged to a stop with a tail skid after landing.—
Victor Luckerson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 May 2025
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“Disgorge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgorge. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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