Antonyms for spill
spɪlspill

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1. spillnoun

   liquid that is spilled

   "clean up the spills"

   Synonyms:
   spillage, release, fall, wasteweir, tumble, spillway

2. spillway, spill, wasteweirnoun

   a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction

   Synonyms:
   spillage, release, fall, spillway, wasteweir, tumble

3. spill, spillage, releasenoun

   the act of allowing a fluid to escape

   Synonyms:
   dismissal, passing, departure, firing, vent, tumble, button, waiver, spillage, dismission, tone ending, loss, freeing, sack, press release, discharge, liberation, release, handout, exit, sacking, expiration, going, fall, wasteweir, acquittance, spillway, outlet

4. spill, tumble, fallverb

   a sudden drop from an upright position

   "he had a nasty spill on the ice"

   Synonyms:
   gloaming, autumn, declension, declination, tumble, pin, spillage, gloam, drop, downfall, crepuscle, descent, capitulation, release, decline, declivity, downslope, dusk, surrender, evenfall, dip, fall, wasteweir, crepuscule, twilight, free fall, spillway, nightfall

5. spill, slop, splatterverb

   cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

   "spill the milk"; "splatter water"

   Synonyms:
   swash, squelch, pour forth, talk, splatter, swill, disgorge, run out, splosh, spatter, squish, plash, slop, splash, shed, slosh

6. spill, run outverb

   flow, run or fall out and become lost

   "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"

   Synonyms:
   beetle off, conk out, bolt, pour forth, talk, splatter, peter out, run off, disgorge, run down, poop out, run out, drain, fail, bolt out, give out, expire, slop, shed

7. spill, shed, disgorgeverb

   cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over

   "spill the beans all over the table"

   Synonyms:
   vomit, talk, splatter, upchuck, barf, cast off, be sick, molt, honk, moult, puke, chuck, pour forth, throw, cast, spue, slop, purge, regorge, slough, vomit up, shake off, throw off, disgorge, throw away, run out, drop, cat, sick, spew, regurgitate, throw up, retch, exuviate, shed

8. spill, shed, pour forthverb

   pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities

   "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee"

   Synonyms:
   molt, throw, cast off, pour forth, talk, exuviate, slough, splatter, cast, disgorge, drop, run out, moult, throw away, throw off, shake off, slop, shed

9. spill, talkverb

   reveal information

   "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"

   Synonyms:
   babble, peach, pour forth, talk, tattle, splatter, babble out, disgorge, blab, run out, sing, lecture, spill the beans, speak, verbalize, utter, blab out, verbalise, slop, shed, mouth, let the cat out of the bag

10. spillverb

    reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)

    Synonyms:
    run out, disgorge, splatter, slop, pour forth, talk, shed

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1. oil spill

   because it is oil spilling

   there was a oil spill on redwood street

   Submitted by anonymous on April 19, 2020  

How to use spill in a sentence?

1. Miyoko Sakashita:

   The federal government’s turning a blind eye as offshore fracking threatens to poison our beautiful beaches and coastal waters, we need offshore fracking stopped immediately before chemical contamination or an oil spill devastates California’s coastal communities and kills sea otters and other endangered marine wildlife.

2. Julio Fuentes:

   I always like to talk about the safety aspect of it, since the BP oil spill, there have been over 100 new industry standards put in place.

3. The Shandong official:

   The accident took place about 11 nautical miles south-east of Qingdao port and so far there has been no direct impact on the operation of Qingdao port, there are oil spill experts on the scene that have started clean-up operations.

4. Shipbreaking Platform Jenssen:

   Our role is to promote clean and safe solutions and to make sure that there is no double standard in the way the environment and workers are protected around the world, it is key to make sure that the surrounding environment is not contaminated. This is impossible on a tidal beach, as is cleaning up an oil spill.

5. Antony Blinken:

   There's been cooperation on a number of important areas, over the years on education, oil spill response, search and rescue, pollution issues, and it is our hope that that... the Arctic means an area of peaceful cooperation and peaceful collaboration.

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