Antonyms for ingestionin·ges·tion

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1. consumption, ingestion, intake, uptakenoun

   the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

   Synonyms:
   phthisis, use, expenditure, use of goods and services, uptake, inhalation, pulmonary tuberculosis, using up, wasting disease, breathing in, consumption, aspiration, economic consumption, inlet, intake, usance, inspiration, white plague

How to use ingestion in a sentence?

1. Matthias Egger:

   The problem is getting bigger and bigger by the minute, we see turtles that are entangled in ghost fishing nets. Sometimes it’s even just turtle carcasses. We see ingestion of plastic fragments. Then there’s also the pollutants – chemicals.

2. Ashok Ghosh:

   It is a slow poison. Symptoms appear after continuous ingestion over five to 12 years.

3. Colleen Scott:

   What we're seeing is they are getting it from ingestion of unpasteurized milk products.

4. Judge Cahill:

   This evidence is being admitted solely for the limited purpose of showing what effects the ingestion of opioids may or may not have had on the physical well-being of George Floyd, this evidence is not to be used as evidence of the character of George Floyd.

5. Timothy Rohrig:

   All these symptoms she described, and the timing of the symptoms, were consistent with the ingestion of diphenhydramine.

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