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FORCING OUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
Synonyms:
ejection; expulsion; forcing out; projection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("forcing out" is a kind of...):
actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forcing out"):
belch; belching; burp; burping; eructation (a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth)
belching (the forceful expulsion of something from inside)
coughing up (the act of expelling (food or phlegm) by coughing)
expectoration; spit; spitting (the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva))
disgorgement; emesis; puking; regurgitation; vomit; vomiting (the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth)
