as in to vomit
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth the movie's in-your-face violence made us want to barf

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Recent Examples of barf Even when we were lost and confused, pelted by deadly rain, stomped by dragons, and barfed on by evil worms, Elden Ring Nightreign was thrilling. Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025 When Uecker gripes about baseball legends like Mickey Mantle lowering society’s collective standards by doing TV ads for jock itch ointment, Brooks mimes barfing into his coffee cup, but Uecker keeps going, unfazed by one of the funniest men on earth. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2025 My initial reaction after reading this story was, of course, to barf just a little bit in my mouth. Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 16 Oct. 2024 Samantha barfs up some black bile, and Zoe’s sycophants eat her skin at a dinner party in a bit that briefly frames her as a Christ figure but doesn’t go anywhere. Katie Rife, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for barf
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vomit
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  • On a transplant list, Kim Betts started vomiting and getting weaker.
    Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • After eating a stew made from acacia nuts and prickly pear cactus, Will suffered terrible gastrointestinal stress, eventually vomiting blood.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 27 June 2025

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“Barf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barf. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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