belched

verb

Definition of belchednext
past tense of belch
as in erupted
to violently throw out or off (something from within) the volcano belched lava and ash for days

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belched
  1. erupted
  2. ejected
  3. expelled
  4. spat
  5. spit
  6. emitted
  7. poured
Verb
  • As a result, overtime spending has erupted, costing taxpayers $293 million last year.
    Dylan Sharkey, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The Malibu flames also bring a heartbreaking reminder to many people living in the region, as some are still rebuilding from the 2018 Woolsey Fire that erupted in November of that year.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of erupted
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  • Simmons was ejected from the game for targeting while Becht left the field to receive medical attention.
    Kevin Dotson, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
  • On Friday, Harris-Dawson had a number of audience members ejected from the room.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of ejected
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  • At the scene, cops found three 9mm shell casings as well as a few live rounds that had been expelled from the pistol as the suspect freed a jam.
    Ellen Moynihan, Twin Cities, 8 Dec. 2024
  • All 15 suspects were suspended from Salisbury University, with some of those also expelled from their fraternity, the institutions said.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of expelled
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  • The flare comes after nearly a week of flares and coronal plasma ejections spat toward the planet that threatened disruptions to power and communications systems on Earth.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 15 May 2024
  • Israeli media reported that coalition lawmaker Simcha Rothman had joined a Sukkot march during which ultra-Orthodox Jews spat at churches.
    JULIA FRANKEL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2023
Definition of spat
Verb
  • This little dude spits in my face and says, ‘F— you.
    Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
  • This was a bad idea; listening to a couple of AI bots mindlessly spitting out empty observations while mimicking the tempo of human speech is a soul-destroying experience.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of spit
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  • The fraction of that radiation that escaped from a massive object, emitted into the greater Universe as Hawking radiation, would depend solely on the mass and radius of the object itself, with nothing notable being special about the event horizon’s boundary in particular.
    Big Think, Big Think, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The scientists made the discovery using a new technique, which looked at the distribution of light emitted by over 100 star-forming and highly-luminous galaxies.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of emitted
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  • Hundreds of tips poured in after authorities released the photos and offered $60,000 in reward money for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
    Michael Loria, The Courier-Journal, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Hundreds of tips poured in after authorities released multiple photos and offered $60,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of poured
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