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Synonyms
disgorge, eject, eruct, erupt, expel, jet, spew, spout, spurt
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Here, too, human activities ā the creation of rice paddies, raising of huge numbers of sheep and goats, and landfilling organic material that then rots ā have helped the methane-belching microbes proliferate. — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, "Who are the biggest U.S. methane emitters?," 30 Aug. 2019 By the looks of things, quirky characters, food facts, and belching yeast puppets (of course) will all be present. — Lauren Huff, EW.com, "Alton Brown's Good Eats is back with a delightfully quirky trailer," 9 Aug. 2019 The white water would tinge red from the bedrock sandstone, and ominous rumbling sounds would be heard as boulders the size of cars belched from one of the spillways into the river. — John D'anna, azcentral, "For a while in 1983, sheets of plywood were all that kept the mighty Glen Canyon Dam from overflowing," 18 July 2019 The boat was decorated in black, its flag at half-mast, with black smoke belching from its twin stacks. — Patrick Springer / Forum News Service, Twin Cities, "Along with Custer, a Pioneer Press contributor met his end 143 years ago at Battle of the Little Bighorn," 6 July 2019 In the future, Caltrain would trade its diesel-belching locomotives for electric cars, with 10-car trains arriving at stations every 7Ā½ minutes. — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, "Caltrain maps out big growth and how to pay the $25 billion tab," 22 July 2019 Almost 100,000 gallons of oil belched into the bay, an environmental disaster that killed hundreds of birds, polluted 93 miles of coastline, and forced thousands of acres of shellfish beds to shut down. — Joshua Miller, BostonGlobe.com, "Healey, blasting oil barge industry, looks to protect Mass. tugboat escort law," 24 June 2019 But about 252 million years ago, huge volcanic ulcers in what's now Siberia belched massive amounts of greenhouse gases into Earth's atmosphere, triggering a sudden drop in ocean oxygen levels. — National Geographic, "How did crabs evolve 'crabbiness'? It's complicated.," 24 Apr. 2019 Authorities later declared a temporary state of emergency, saying the landfill was belching alarmingly high levels of hydrogen sulfide. — Washington Post, "A big stink erupts over landfills ringing Russiaās capital," 19 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'belch.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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