disgorge[verb]Synonyms: vomit, discharge, eject, empty, expel
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dis‧gorge /dɪsˈɡɔːdʒ $ -ɔːrdʒ/
verb[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Old French;
Origin: desgorger, from gorge 'throat']
1. [transitive] literary if a vehicle or building disgorges people, they come out of it in a large group:
Cars drew up to disgorge a wedding party.2. [transitive] if something disgorges what was inside it, it lets it pour out:
Chimneys were disgorging smoke into the air.3. [intransitive and transitive] if a river disgorges, it flows into the sea:
The Mississippi disgorges its waters into the Gulf of Mexico.4. [transitive] formal to give back something that you have taken illegally
5. [transitive] formal to bring food back up from your stomach through your mouth
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