SPEWED Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

spewed

verb

past tense of spew

as in poured

to flow out in great quantities or with force water spewing violently from the broken pipe

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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 That atmosphere spewed, in part, out of a simple change in tools. — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026 Brown water suddenly spewed from the equipment, shooting into her mouth and eyes. — Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 From the central open-air firepit of the Great Porch, to the playful tile spewed throughout various common spaces and the 65 cabins and cottages, the design of Wildflower is exquisite. — Jess Feldman, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2026 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

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Tributes poured in across the soccer world following the news.

— Uriel Blanco, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
But now, as the sun poured through the third-floor atrium of the Bloom Center, Riley couldn’t help but point out the symbolism of such an ambitious undertaking actually coming to life.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

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Earlier Monday, some residents returned to find their homes leveled by wildfires that erupted across a parched landscape over the weekend, covering yards in charred debris.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Sleep was beginning to finally visit the insomniacs and drunkards of T—in central Manila when a commotion louder than the usual domestic squabbles erupted from the room above Mang Calixto’s bakery.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026

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Prior to the incident, Kate, who also adopted a dog named Koda in May 2026, asked for prayers for Meika after the canine vomited up some non-toxic leaves and began to have breathing problems.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 30 July 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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Medics rushed the worker to Bellevue Hospital, where he’s expected to survive.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
As health officials pointed to a Mexican processing plant run by Taylor Farms as the source of a parasite sickening Americans, the giant produce company rushed to defend itself.

— Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

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While the violent mobs who hurled stones at marchers in 1966 are long gone, civil rights advocates say their demands remained strikingly familiar and that the threat to democracy has not disappeared.

— Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
Resinous pine cones can also ignite and be hurled hundreds of meters by wind, helping fire spread.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026

Definition of hurled

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Bernadette tells Stuart and Kripke that she was expelled from the guild for using her powers during the strike to bring her neighbor’s son’s adorable rescue dog Chocolate Chip back to life after he was hit by several cars.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
Those shells were likely expelled during turbulent bouts of mass loss shortly before the explosion, giving astronomers an unusually detailed view of the star's final stages.

— Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of expelled

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Unfortunately for Miami, Suarez, who has been on fire, is suspended for the next six Leagues Cups games for spitting at a Seattle Sounders staff member after the 2025 Final last August.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 Aug. 2026
Greek culinary historian Mariana Kavroulaki pointed out that rather than making stews, characters in The Odyssey were mostly spit-roasting their proteins, though that’s something of an anachronism in the text.

— Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026

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