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emit
verb
1 hydrocarbons are emitted from vehicle exhausts:
discharge, release, give out/off, pour out, send forth, throw out, void, effuse, vent, give vent to, issue;
leak, ooze, shed, excrete, disgorge, secrete, eject;
spout, belch, spew out;
emanate, radiate, exhale, ejaculate, exude;
rare eruct.
antonyms absorb.
2 suddenly he emitted a loud cry:
utter, voice, let out, produce, give vent to, issue, come out with, pronounce, express;
declare, articulate, vocalize.