spewed

verb

past tense of spew
1
as in poured
to flow out in great quantities or with force water spewing violently from the broken pipe

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2
as in erupted
to violently throw out or off (something from within) a volcano spewing out lava

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3
as in vomited
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth "I'm going to spew right here in the car if you don't pull over!" she wailed to her friend

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Recent Examples of spewed Its results spewed from a transactional firehose Tuesday morning. — Dan Woike, New York Times, 2 July 2026 While France made a strong effort to reverse course in recent years, the European nation has spewed a cumulative total of about 40 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions throughout its history. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 1 July 2026 That’s nothing more than a nonsensical, demonizing political narrative spewed by left-wing politicians and their brethren in the progressive chattering class. — Michael Zais, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026 The warming comes from greenhouse gas pollution, which is spewed into the atmosphere whenever fossil fuels are burned. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026 With a fire burning at a Boyle Heights cold storage warehouse for a seventh straight day, scrutiny is growing over the operator of the massive facility and what sparked the blaze that has spewed bad air across the region. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026 Thick, black smoke and occasional flames spewed from the Moscow Oil Refinery amid its red-and-white smokestacks on the southeastern edge of the city, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Kremlin. — Barry Hatton, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2026 Cut to Lestat’s head in a toilet bowl in a motel bathroom with blood spewed all over the walls. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 8 June 2026 The lava had spewed out from a distant volcano, leaving a large, almost flat area from the foot of the mountains to the river. — Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spewed
  1. poured
  2. erupted
  3. vomited
  4. rushed
  5. ejected
  6. hurled
  7. expelled
  8. spit
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  • Gordon, the only sitting judge who spent multiple days on the bus, poured over documents and sequestered himself with a laptop and a cell phone video call in a back corner.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 11 July 2026
  • The scale alone — several million visitors have poured through the country over the tournament’s five-week run — has made the World Cup both a massive sporting spectacle and a test of logistical and policy coordination on an unprecedented level.
    — Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026
Definition of poured
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  • About 400 firefighters worked to contain the flames, which erupted just ahead of a July 14 national holiday and on the first major weekend for departures for the summer holiday season.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • The Cape Verde supporters also erupted in the 62nd minute when their beloved 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozinha denied Messi at point-blank range.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
Definition of erupted
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  • Stephanie Franklin, the mother of a close friend of Benning, took multiple photos of the apartment while wearing gloves and removed a bed comforter that Benning had vomited on.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • Mayes got Onaje out of bed and into the bathroom, where Onaje vomited and went limp.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 23 June 2026
Definition of vomited
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  • Because none of this can be rushed, buying a company that already has one of these advantages is often more efficient than building it from scratch.
    — Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • First responders tried to resuscitate him, emergency medicine technicians intubated him and rushed him by ambulance to the hospital.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026
Definition of rushed
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  • San Diego’s manager Craig Stammen and coach Ryan Goins were ejected three pitches into the game after arguing a check-swing call.
    — Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Balogun, a star striker who has scored three goals so far in this year’s tournament, received a red card and was ejected from last week’s US game against Bosnia and Herzegovina for a foul against a defender.
    — Yash Roy, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Definition of ejected
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  • Things hit a boiling point when Contreras leaped into the air and hurled his batting helmet directly at Cavalli.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • My dad’s stories about his grade-school experience felt like dark fables, peppered with slurs hurled at him by classmates.
    — Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
Definition of hurled
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  • The day of the cyber attack, Yazbak said the Department of Administrative Services expelled the attacker from the state’s systems.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026
  • Our previous Representative in Congress, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick had to resign hours before being expelled by her colleagues on both sides of the aisle for fraud.
    — Elijah Manley, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026
Definition of expelled
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  • That’s when a 17-year-old girl spit at an officer when she was asked to leave the area, authorities said.
    — WBFF STAFF, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2026
  • Lowry, in the meantime, would embark on a two-decade career in a league that spits out frauds on the regular.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Definition of spit

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