disgorged
past simple and past participle ofdisgorge
disgorge
verb[T]
uk/dɪsˈɡɔːdʒ/us/dɪsˈɡɔːrdʒ/literary
toreleaselargeamountsofliquid,gas, or othercontents:
Thepipewasfoundto be disgorgingdangerouschemicalsinto thesea.
literary
tosendmanypeopleout of aplaceorvehicleat the sametime:
Thedelayedcommutertraindisgorged hundreds ofangrypassengers.
formal
toforcesomething up from thestomachand out through themouth:
Flies disgorgedigestivefluidontotheirfoodtosoftenit up.
literary
tounwillinglyreleaseinformationormoney:
ThejudgehasforcedEXIP to disgorge $400,000 inillegalprofits.
Movement of liquids
- backsplash
- be dripping withsomethingidiom
- bleed
- decant
- discharge
- drainage
- drip
- eddy
- leak
- runsomeone/somethingover
- runnel
- seep
- seepage
- slosh
- spit
- topsomethingup
- trickle
- tub
- washsomethingaway
- waterborne
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Emitting and ejecting
Vomiting & feelings of sickness
Paying money
Revealing secrets & becoming known
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disgorged
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The diet is diverse even over short time periods: for example, one snakedisgorgeda freshly ingested eel plus a rat, and six others disgorged both rats and snake eggs.
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Imagine the jam if, through weather or other causes, two or more jumbo-jetsdisgorgedtheir nearly full loads within minutes of each other.
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If that person hasdisgorgedall that he knows, the judge may vary the sentence from 99 years to a much more sensible period.
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It must he able to take off from that aerodrome again when it hasdisgorgedits cargo.
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At the moment, virtually everything that the police find must be copied anddisgorgedthrough the system to the prosecution and the defence.
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I have a careful and detailed account of the vehicle as it was actuallydisgorged.
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That is when drunken drivers will bedisgorgedon to the streets and into their cars to cause mayhem.
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As it is, people aredisgorgedat various stations who queue up for the buses to travel west.
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Does he not agree that those 80,000 passengers will now bedisgorgedonto the already crowded motorway leading to the airport?
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The railways brought people into the centre,disgorgedthem and required servicing areas, marshalling and storage and this inevitably attracted industry and provided opportunities for employment.
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No one—certainly not one of my constituents—doubts the compelling necessity to have controlled disposal centres to deal with the problems of toxic wastedisgorgedby modern industry.
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The short article featured a photograph of thedisgorgedrug which was 5 feet 3 inches long.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The total amount to bedisgorgedwas thus $62 million.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A dosage mixture of fresh wine and some sugar syrup is used to adjust the sweetness level of the wine after it has beendisgorged.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In a desperate last attempt, he compressed his lungs with his arms, and suddenlydisgorgedthe blockagewhich he described as the lining of his throat.
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