verb
- to discharge or pour out forcefully; to vomit or eject from the mouth or throat
- to give up or surrender something, especially money or property obtained illegally or wrongfully
Usage: formal; legal
Examples
- The volcano degorges lava and ash during an eruption.
- The drain degorges water after heavy rainfall.
- The defendant was ordered to degorges all ill-gotten gains.
- The river degorges into the ocean.
- The whale degorges seawater through its blowhole.
- The company degorges profits obtained through fraud.