as in stabbed
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
she speared a pea with her fork and angrily flung it
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Recent Examples of speared
Vecna gets speared, the monster goes down, the creepy heart stops beating and everyone's alive!
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
The knife remains in the dominant hand, poised to cut when necessary or push food that can’t be speared atop the fork’s overturned tines.
—Terry Ward, CNN Money, 20 Dec. 2025
Homemade potato chips come speared on a wooden skewer, perfect for pulling and snacking.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Reigns speared Paul, who had clubbed his opponents with brass knuckles.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Reed and Breakker picked up a win after Breakker speared Jey and Jimmy through a table, and Reed hit a tsunami on Jey for the pinfall.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 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
Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
The knife remains in the dominant hand, poised to cut when necessary or push food that can’t be speared atop the fork’s overturned tines.
—Terry Ward, CNN Money, 20 Dec. 2025
Homemade potato chips come speared on a wooden skewer, perfect for pulling and snacking.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Reigns speared Paul, who had clubbed his opponents with brass knuckles.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Reed and Breakker picked up a win after Breakker speared Jey and Jimmy through a table, and Reed hit a tsunami on Jey for the pinfall.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speared
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Banfield stabbed his wife, according to prosecutors.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
11 Jan. 2026
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On Monday night last week, a man and woman were stabbed on the platform for the 69th Street Red Line stop.—
Natalie McMillan,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Whistle blasts pierced the early January chill in a now-familiar community response employed by activists in US cities to alert neighbors to the presence of immigration officers.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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Remove the foil and continue to bake until the lasagna is tender all the way through when pierced with a knife, the cheese is bubbling and the top is golden brown, about 15 minutes more.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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If the worst happens and the dome is punctured, 2,000 tonnes of CO2 will enter the atmosphere.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
21 Dec. 2025
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The same could not be said of her trachea, which had been punctured lethally from the attack.—
Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
10 Dec. 2025
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As Webster repeatedly jabbed his finger, Rathbun met it with his left hand, as if trying to swat him away.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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That same night, conservative commentators Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson jabbed each other amid ongoing criticism from some within the movement over Carlson’s platforming of far-right figures like Nick Fuentes.—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
19 Dec. 2025
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Daniel Lewis and Pete Prisco at CBS Sports both picked New England in close games.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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If only a few in number, they can be hand-picked from the plants and destroyed.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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But there is a primal scream stuck in our collective throat.—
Phil Morris The Minnesota Star Tribune,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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Even after the pick-less Young trade, there does seem to be a pathway present for the Heat to restock with draft picks while, like the Hawks, continually stuck in play-in-ville.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Speared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speared. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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