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spear

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noun

as in javelin
a weapon with a long straight handle and sharp head or blade the Roman gladiator thrust his spear triumphantly into the lion's side

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Recent Examples of spear
Verb
Reed received help from his stablemate Bron Breakker, who speared everyone in his path, including Jimmy Uso through the barricade. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025 Aztecs speared and ate them, and Catholic monks indulged on the aquatic delicacies on days they weren’t allowed to eat red meat. Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
Sverdloff suspects the results will trace the origins of the spear, which was most likely recovered from the Seine in Paris, to 1,100 to 900 BC. Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025 Reigns got out of it but was on the receiving end of an accidental spear from Jey Uso. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spear
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spear
Verb
  • The man accused of fatally stabbing a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee on a commuter train in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge that could result in the death penalty, court records show.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Mechanic Paolo Mainardi and dressmaker Antonella Migliorini were found shot and stabbed the following June.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The tricky part is fitting hammer throw, javelin and discus into the equation.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The senior placed first at the Div. 1 championship in both javelin and discus.
    Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • Produced before the gag order was lifted, the four-part docuseries One Night in Idaho turns its focus to the families, friends and community members still wrestling with the aftermath, offering a piercing look at a case with many unanswered questions.
    James Mercadante, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The grotesque details—the uncle’s fingernails piercing his hands, the dog’s permanent terror of rabbits—are simply there.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Three or four decades ago, the newspaperman was appealingly raffish—at once a bum who drank too much and a knight-errant who charged unafraid at social injustice, succored the weak, and crossed lances with the powerful and arrogant.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The thermal lance Caan uses to penetrate the safe was Santucci’s own burning bar.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The moon is covered with about 10 meters of regolith, a mix of dust, ash and rocks punctured by craters and boulders—not pristine landing pads.
    Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Your skin was punctured by an outside cat.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To their right, a woman raised her hand, jabbing her index finger forward and shouting.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Srinivas, who often jabs the search engine giant, made an interesting point.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Choose your adventure and pick three or pick six from activities not included with admission like apple blasters, paint ball, bungee trampoline, rock wall, mechanical bull, fountain drink, fudge, snow cone, animal feed and cookies.
    Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Imagine being able to pick fresh oranges right outside your back door, or even better right inside your kitchen.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Actors like Eric Bogosian and Jason Schwartzman waltz in and schmooze it up as vampires living their best afterlives, completely overshadowing Denton, who’s stuck in noob-human mode and doesn’t progress much past that.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Take two mint crowns, lightly bruise them with your fingers, and stick them against the inside close to the straw.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Spear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spear. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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