Thesaurus results for SPEARS

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noun

plural of spear

as in javelins

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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verb

present tense third-person singular of spear

as in stabs

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object she speared a pea with her fork and angrily flung it

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Noun

That means fresh and tender asparagus spears, crunchy snap pea pods, and spicy radishes are in season. —

Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026 Some of the Bindjareb attempted to escape, while others grabbed their spears, and at least five Bindjareb individuals were killed in the resulting skirmish. —

Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026 Before storing it, remove any ties or rubber bands so the spears are not tied together. —

Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 31 Mar. 2026 There are bundles of taut chives still topped with blossoms, sweet and tender spears of asparagus, and creamy new potatoes all waiting to be snapped up. —

Editors Of Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026 Sexy little spears of Green Asparagus (there’s also white and purple varieties) spring’s top stalk option, high in folates and digestive enzymes, elevate every plate (just pinch your nose when nature calls later). —

Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026 But the calendar has turned, and the spears now point inward. —

Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026 Other sufferers, however, who submitted entries to the 1983 Migraine Art Competition, depicted their pain in drawings and paintings of nails, needles, axes, ice picks, arrows, bolts, jaws, chisels, shivs, guns, red-hot spears, sledgehammers, devils, and long pins. —

Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026 The reason for the closure is that ice chunks, sheets and spears that are falling off the bridge have damaged vehicles in the past. —

Paula Wethington, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026

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Humans have been throwing javelins for a few hundred thousand years, yet performance has largely plateaued.

— R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
The Tofinu took refuge in the lagoons along the Bight of Benin, a core area of the slave trade, venturing forth in canoes with harpoons, javelins, and swords to fight off raiders from powerful nearby kingdoms.

— Laurent Dubois, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026