disgorging

Emptying out forcefully

Disgorging is the present participle of disgorge, meaning to expel or pour out forcefully.

A river disgorges into the sea; a crowd disgorges from a stadium.

The word often suggests something unpleasant being released: The pipe was disgorging sewage into the bay.

In winemaking, disgorging removes sediment from champagne bottles after fermentation.

wine

sediment

Particles settling in liquid

riddling · champagne · sparkling · dosage · cork · yeast · fermentation

vomiting

regurgitate

Expel swallowed matter

barf · upchuck · vomit · puking · nausea · emesis · gagging · queasy · bilious · sick

expelling

eject

Throw out forcibly

emit · extrude · belch · eructation · spout · gush · empty · unload · evacuate · dispel

purging

cleanse

Remove dirt or sin

voiding · expurgation · catharsis · clearing · ridding · unburdening · releasing · dumping · offloading

overflow

flood

Overwhelming water overflow

spillage · surge · outpouring · cascade · gush · stream · pour · rush · effluence · drainage

Opposites
expulsion vs. intake

disgorgingingesting

Taking into the body

swallowing · consuming · absorbing · inhaling · devouring

release vs. retention

disgorgingretaining

Holding onto still

holding · keeping · withholding · containing · hoarding

emptying vs. filling

disgorgingfilling

Material placed within

loading · stuffing · packing · replenishing · cramming

Family

gorge, disgorge, engorge, gorgeously, disgorged, disgorgement, disgorges, disgorger

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