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Belched

Belch \Belch\ (b[e^]lch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belched (b[e^]lch); p. pr. & vb. n. Belching.] [OE. belken, AS. bealcan, akin to E. bellow. See Bellow, v. i.]

  1. To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct.

    I belched a hurricane of wind.
    --Swift.

  2. To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to give vent to; to vent.

    Within the gates that now Stood open wide, belching outrageous flame.
    --Milton.

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belched

vb. (en-past of: belch)

Usage examples of "belched".

When he had finished, he swilled down the contents of the tankard, belched thunderously, and sat back, scratching at his matted hair with gravy-smeared fingers.

Flames belched up and sparks rose in the thick smoke as the body fell into the fire below.

Entire districts seemed to be in flames, and great fountains of orange sparks belched toward the sky as roofs caved in and buildings collapsed.

A sickening stench filled the clearing each time she belched forth her billows of flame.

Sheets of sooty flame belched from whole blocks of houses, and a pall of thick smoke blotted out the starry sky.

It belched twice, bottle-shaped flares of powder gases burning ahead of the muzzle.

Then the chopper flashed over the spot, and the orange glare of napalm belched through the shattered trees.

The wounded ship belched wreckage and air as the alien vessel sprang into motion, speeding straight for it, but it made no attempt to flee.

Someone howled gleefully as the first light cruiser belched air and debris, and Olivera wanted to howl himself as four more followed.

They were further back, with more time to bring their defensive systems on-line, but they were too slow to evade, and other pods belched standard SBMs against them.

Another hundred belched from the Dunkerques' internal launchers, and their targets had had no inkling those ships were there.

Perhaps a dozen of them interpenetrated and perished, but the others survived, and even with their systems impaired by transit, they belched a hurricane of missiles and beams into Chamhandar's bleeding fortresses.

The dragon saw his movement with its beady eye, opened its mouth and belched out a tongue of flame.

It was an hour at least before the last chaw was chawed, the final belch belched, the penultimate sigh sighed.

The dragon miffedly belched flame and reluctantly ordered them to board.