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Eructation

noun

(of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed). Synonyms: eruption, extravasation.

A reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth. Synonyms: belch, belching, burp, burping.

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"Eructation" Quotes from Famous Books

... Eructation of gas and gas in the bowels are indications of overeating. More food is taken than can be digested. A part of it ferments and gas is a product of fermentation. A very small amount of gas in the alimentary tract is natural, but ...

— Maintaining Health • R. L. Alsaker

... independence that was not less fierce for being restrained. He thought Darius a gross fleshly organism, as he indeed was, and he privately objected to many paternal mannerisms, of eating, drinking, breathing, eructation, speech, deportment, and garb. Further, he had noted, and felt, the increasing moroseness of his father's demeanour. He could remember a period when Darius had moods of grim gaiety, displaying rough humour; these moods ...

— Clayhanger • Arnold Bennett

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