Thesaurus results for SPEARED

speared

verb

past tense of spear

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 Reigns slipped out and speared Rollins – one, two … so close. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Blackberries make beautiful garnishes, especially when speared with a rosemary sprig. — Anna Kovel, Martha Stewart, 10 July 2026 With one out and runners on first and second, the Athletics’ Lawrence Butler smashed a line drive at second baseman Casey Schmitt, who speared the ball and quickly fired a throw to shortstop Willy Adames for a potential inning-ending double play. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 June 2026 Roman Reigns speared Fatu through the barricade. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 Remove speared fish from the water or tow them a safe distance behind you. — ABC News, 26 May 2026 The word mom speared out of her mouth. — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026 Vecna gets speared, the monster goes down, the creepy heart stops beating and everyone's alive! — 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for speared

Verb

His parents were fatally stabbed in their home in Los Angeles’ Brentwood neighborhood in December.

— Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2026
An Australian teen was stabbed repeatedly in an apparently largely unprovoked attack early Monday morning inside a McDonald's in New York City, police sources said.

— Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of stabbed

Verb

Last month, the image of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo being pinned to the ground, his torso pierced by a bullet, became the latest evocation of that history.

— Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
More than 180 bullets pierced, cracked or shattered windows in six buildings on campus.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of pierced

Verb

Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu jabbed back against the prevailing narrative yesterday, saying she was never invited to participate in the WNBA’s 3-point contest this weekend.

— Chris Branch, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Two of the points on the rear treble hook were jabbed deeply into the flesh on the outside of the pike’s mouth.

— Jack G. Mell, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026