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disgorge

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dis·gorge  (ds-gôrj)
v. dis·gorged, dis·gorg·ing, dis·gorg·es
v.tr.
1. To bring up and expel from the throat or stomach; vomit.
2. To discharge violently; spew.
3. To surrender (stolen goods or money, for example) unwillingly.
v.intr.
To discharge or pour forth contents.

[Middle English disgorgen, from Old French desgorger : des-, dis- + gorger, to pack (from gorge, throat; see gorge).]

dis·gorgement n.

disgorge
Verb
[-gorging, -gorged]
1. to vomit
2. to discharge (contents)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.disgorge - cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table"
seed - go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed"
slop, spill, splatter - cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water"
move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
2.disgorgedisgorge - eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

disgorge
verb emit, discharge, send out, expel, throw out, vent, throw up, eject, spout, spew, belch, send forth
Translations
disgorge [dɪsˈgɔːdʒ] vtverter

disgorge [dɪsˈgɔːdʒ] vtdéverser

disgorge [dɪsˈgɔːdʒ] vt (liquid) → ergießen;
(people) → ausspeien

disgorge [dɪsˈgɔːdʒ] vt [river] → riversare

disgorge
v disgorge [disˈgoːdʒ]
to bring up (eg from the stomach); to throw out or up The chimney was disgorging clouds of black smoke. by . . . laat uit bondel يَتَقَيَّأ، يُخْرِجُ повръщам chrlit; vyvrhnout kaste op; udspy ausstoßen κάνω εμετό vomitar oksendama, välja heitma بالا آوردن؛ بیرون دادن oksentaa, syytää vomir לְהָקִיא, לִפלוֹט उगलना, बहना, वापस करना, गिराना izrigati, izbaciti (ki)okád memuntahkan æla, spÿja, losa vomitare 吐き出す 토하다, 방출하다 išmesti, versti, vemti []vemt; izsviest; izmest (lavu, dūmus) mengeluarkan uitbraken gulpe opp, spy (ut), tømme ut wyrzucać, wymiotować vomitar a scoate (afară) изрыгать; выбрасывать chrliť; vyvrátiť bruhati izbacivati spy ut พ่น; ขับออก; ระบาย; สำรอก; คาย kusmak, boşaltmak (嘔)吐出 викидати; виригати اگلنا phun ra


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At times, when closely pursued, he will disgorge what are supposed to be the detached arms of the squid; some of them thus exhibited exceeding twenty and thirty feet in length.
"If only some hand," he remarked, "could plant dynamite below that streak of white, so that the sea could disgorge its dead
(24) Cronos swallowed each of his children the moment that they were born, but ultimately was forced to disgorge them.
 
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