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
In addition, volcanic eruptions could have spewed out sulfuric acid into the Martian atmosphere.
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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 government ignored Hamilton’s warning, and for 50 years lead spewed from every car’s tailpipe, contaminating the air, soil, and bodies of generations.
—Tom Frieden, Big Think, 30 Sep. 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
Some experts say the risks for those exposed could be akin to those of 9/11 and other events that spewed toxic smoke and dust into the environment, though research into this is still in early stages.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
This is common in galaxy clusters, where such gas is generally assumed to be superheated by radiation spewed out from supermassive black holes, as well as the huge amount of kinetic energy absorbed as galaxies zoom around in the cluster.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
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 government ignored Hamilton’s warning, and for 50 years lead spewed from every car’s tailpipe, contaminating the air, soil, and bodies of generations.
—Tom Frieden, Big Think, 30 Sep. 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
Some experts say the risks for those exposed could be akin to those of 9/11 and other events that spewed toxic smoke and dust into the environment, though research into this is still in early stages.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
This is common in galaxy clusters, where such gas is generally assumed to be superheated by radiation spewed out from supermassive black holes, as well as the huge amount of kinetic energy absorbed as galaxies zoom around in the cluster.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spewed
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For this story, Sophie poured over testing insights from our team of T+L editors, and also added in her own additional research for each piece of luggage.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Nov. 2025
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Since then, adoption appeals have poured in from across India and overseas.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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As Varsho trotted, the Rogers Centre erupted – and the fans kept partying on the club level well past midnight.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Investigators believe gunfire erupted after an ICE officer confronted the suspect’s vehicle and smashed a window with their service weapon, a law enforcement source said.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 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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This agitprop is vomited out 24/7 by Democrat media apparatchiks who were also unerringly described by Orwell in his novel 1984.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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Following the incident, bystanders rushed to assist the men, who were then taken to Enmore Regional Hospital.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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After a replay review, Bane was ejected from the game after being assessed both a technical foul and a flagrant foul for his transgression.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Of the eight monkeys that were ejected from their cages, five were killed in the hunt for them and three remained on the loose before Sunday.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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As officers attempted to make arrests, two suspects allegedly picked up a chair and hurled it at one of the officers, striking him in the back of the head.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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The ball on offer is the one that Chad Patrick hurled at Ohtani in the fourth.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Mahmood Mamdani, the mayor-elect’s father, is a Columbia University professor and political scientist originally from Uganda who was expelled by dictator Idi Amin.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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The campaign began with an air offensive in January 1991, followed by a swift ground assault that expelled Iraqi forces within 100 hours.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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The day of the invasion had been thick with heat, the kind that made the air above the sidewalk kebab spits ripple with diesel smoke.—
Vidushi Mishti Sharma,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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So that time in the dugout, that time pregame, spitting seeds, the conversations that take place postgame, those are so crucial.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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