eruct

verb

i-ˈrəkt How to pronounce eruct (audio)
Definition of eructnext
as in to eject
to violently throw out or off (something from within) he suddenly snapped and began eructing his repressed anger

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eruct
  1. eject
  2. spit
  3. expel
  4. erupt
  5. jet
  6. emit
  7. spurt
  8. release
Verb
  • They were both ejected from the game and had their Game 5 tickets revoked.
    Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Betts reacted angrily toward the pair, who were quickly ejected from the game and barred from attending the Dodgers’ title-clinching win in Game 5 the next night.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of eject
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  • The sun is spitting out fantastic flares, hurling solar material at Earth and triggering spectacular auroras.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Min Woo Lee impressed employees by recognizing each swing’s metrics before TGL’s systems could even spit them out, and by spinning short shots all over the turf.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of spit
Verb
  • The party has been forced to expel members for using racist and antisemitic language.
    Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The court awarded €20,000 ($21,000) in damages to a Turkish woman, identified only as A.R.E., who was expelled from Greece in 2019 without the chance to apply for asylum.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of expel
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  • But in 1997, the first global credit crisis of scale in 200 years erupted in Thailand and spread to the Asian economies that had open markets.
    Ann Rutledge, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The eruption of the Kilauea volcano recently entered its second pause after initially erupting on Monday, Dec. 23, the National Park Service said, citing the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
    Danielle Jennings, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of erupt
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  • The two recently jetted off on a romantic mini-break to the Maldives, which Fahy documented on Instagram via a series of sweet photographs of the pair having fun in the sun.
    Isaac Bickerstaff, Glamour, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Trudeau jetted to Trump’s Florida residence unannounced that month after the president-elect threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products.
    Greg Norman, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of jet
Verb
  • The dispute originated with a recurring issue in the River Valley when strong odors are emitted from a biowaste storage lagoon in the Arkansas River bottom in Crawford County.
    Penny Weaver, arkansasonline.com, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Solitary chicks emit fewer anxious peeps if given a mirror for company.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of emit
Verb
  • The losers die — usually spurting great arterial gouts — and a stack of bills representing their worth plops into the insatiable belly of the prize oinker.
    James Poniewozik, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In the past 16 years, the price of oil has sporadically spurted above $100 a barrel, but has mostly fluctuated between $50 and $100.
    John Dorfman, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of spurt
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  • One has since been released from custody, and the other was returned to jail.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The song appeared on Fear of a Black Planet, released in 1990, during hip-hop’s golden age.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of release
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“Eruct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eruct. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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