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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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
Firefighters worked to put out the fire, which video shows spewed heavy flames.
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Kristie Keleshian, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
Real number sets are all equally big infinities regardless of whether they’re arrayed in a line, scattered on a plane, or spewed across the vastness of 3D space.
—Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
The volcano spewed so much lava that flows covered up to 80% of the floor of the Halemaʻumaʻu crater, the USGS said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2025
In addition, volcanic eruptions could have spewed out sulfuric acid into the Martian atmosphere.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Black smoke spewed upward from coal stoves mounted atop one, newspaper reports said.
—Robert Wyss, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
Early Sunday on the same sparsely populated peninsula, the Krasheninnikov volcano spewed white ash clouds into the sky for the first time in hundreds of years.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
The sea, ever-churning just outside the beach house, but no longer busy being stared at by Conrad for hours on end, spewed forth an offering of fresh oysters with watermelon mignonette.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Poison indoctrinates our youth in the classroom and is reinforced by the divisive rhetoric constantly spewed forth in so much of the media.
—Brooke L. Rollins, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Kristie Keleshian, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
Real number sets are all equally big infinities regardless of whether they’re arrayed in a line, scattered on a plane, or spewed across the vastness of 3D space.
—Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
The volcano spewed so much lava that flows covered up to 80% of the floor of the Halemaʻumaʻu crater, the USGS said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2025
In addition, volcanic eruptions could have spewed out sulfuric acid into the Martian atmosphere.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Black smoke spewed upward from coal stoves mounted atop one, newspaper reports said.
—Robert Wyss, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
Early Sunday on the same sparsely populated peninsula, the Krasheninnikov volcano spewed white ash clouds into the sky for the first time in hundreds of years.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
The sea, ever-churning just outside the beach house, but no longer busy being stared at by Conrad for hours on end, spewed forth an offering of fresh oysters with watermelon mignonette.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Poison indoctrinates our youth in the classroom and is reinforced by the divisive rhetoric constantly spewed forth in so much of the media.
—Brooke L. Rollins, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spewed
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Mixed reactions poured in on Wednesday at the local, state and federal levels in Michigan after officials said an ICE officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis.—
Heath Kalb,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Dray Thielker poured in 33 points and nine boards as Taunton edged Stoughton 64-61 in overtime.—
Kristina Banahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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Protests have erupted in American cities since.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
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Shocking allegations have erupted from the Moore administration’s Department of Human Services surrounding an alleged scheme to intentionally maintain a high error rate in SNAP payments.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Jan. 2026
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Some of the soldiers vomited, and others experienced weakness in their legs when exiting the Ajax vehicles, Britain's The Times reported.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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Katy Puig vomited a gush of seawater as a boater hoisted her unconscious body out of the water, fighting the current to get her to a yacht that had come to the rescue before first responders arrived in a flotilla.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Four running backs in the state rushed for more than 4,000 yards.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
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The couple rushed to the hospital fearing that Norah might not survive.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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Ezeiruaku was ejected from the game.—
Briana Aldridge,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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The impact caused him to be ejected and land down an embankment.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Federal agents fired tear gas and rubber bullets after agitators hurled fireworks at them outside a federal building in Minneapolis on Monday amid continued resistance to immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Especially given the lofty praise hurled Kon Knueppel’s way from Pacers coach Rick Carlisle.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2026
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Academics, journalists, students, have been fired or expelled, or, in some cases locked up for expressing their speech.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Vatican then expelled ten other members.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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On its fringes, volcanic islands gurgle and spit, their fertile slopes ablaze with wildflowers, capers, and Malvasia grapes.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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Picked him up when the system spit him out.—
Kevin Sherrington,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Jan. 2026
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