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disgorge

verb

  1. remove
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɡɔːdʒ/

verb

Etymology: From Middle French desgorger.

  1. To vomit or spew, to discharge.

    1598-1600, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation This mountain when it rageth […] casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone.

    They loudly laughed / To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught.

  2. To surrender (stolen goods or money, for example) unwillingly.
  3. To remove traces of yeast from sparkling wine by the méthode champenoise.