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disgorge

dis·gorge (ds-gôrj)

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Verb	1.	disgorge – cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; “spill the beans all over the table” shed, spill seed – go to seed; shed seeds; “The dandelions went to seed” slop, spill, splatter – cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; “spill the milk”; “splatter water” move, displace – cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; “Move those boxes into the corner, please”; “I’m moving my money to another bank”; “The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant”
	2.	disgorge – eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; “After drinking too much, the students vomited”; “He purged continuously”; “The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night” barf, be sick, puke, regorge, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, retch, sick, spue, cat, spew, chuck, honk, regurgitate, purge, cast egest, excrete, eliminate, pass – eliminate from the body; “Pass a kidney stone”