disgorge

[US]/dɪs'gɔːdʒ/
[UK]/dɪs'ɡɔrdʒ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to expel or discharge (something) violently; to be forced to give up
vi. to expel or vomit forth

Example Sentences

the Nile disgorges into the sea at Rashid.

The volcano disgorges lava.

the combine disgorged a steady stream of grain.

they were made to disgorge all the profits made from the record.

She was trying hard to disgorge a fish bone.

In the Old Testament, a prophet who was swallowed by a great fish and disgorged unharmed three days later.

Real-world Examples

On December 9th a tanker in the area disgorged its oily cargo after a collision with another ship.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation February 2015

In April, 1812, a ship pulled into port near Caracas, Venezuela, and disgorged a slender Scot in his mid-twenties.

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

Buses from out of town daily disgorged hundreds of Quanjian " teachers" , as the firm called its senior salespeople.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

They disgorged Gurney's platoon and lifted to hoverflight.

Source: "Dune" audiobook

Below us a coach stopped to disgorge another load of visitors outside the castle gates.

Source: Me Before You

Now all of these was pacificated. Locals are telling me by the arrival of a number of helicopter which disgorged some heavily-armed soldiers.

Source: BBC Listening Collection April 2014

This will push army helicopters back from the front line, he says, so they will disgorge numerous drones that will zip ahead instead.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

I stood, squashed in the hot, grumbling queue, shifting from foot to foot and watching as the other lift disgorged people, cursing myself for not doing my research.

Source: Still Me (Me Before You #3)

The equivalent route today is from the cavernous platforms of Canary Wharf Tube station-where, during rush hour, crowded trains disgorge throngs of bankers every few minutes-to the trading rooms above.

Source: The Economist - International

She was reminded of Charles by a disagreeable letter from the solicitors, bidding her disgorge a large sum of money for Irma, in accordance with her late husband's will.

Source: The places where angels dare not tread.

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