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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spewed
  1. poured
  2. erupted
  3. vomited
  4. rushed
  5. ejected
  6. hurled
  7. expelled
  8. spit
Verb
  • The city’s subway system experienced service disruptions at several locations after water poured onto the tracks, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • For that project, contractors poured new, tinted concrete for the bottom of the pool and utilized a hydrophilic joint sealing strip, Hydrotite, from the New Jersey company Sika.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 16 July 2026
Definition of poured
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  • Pompeii is often thought of as an undisturbed time capsule, a once-bustling port that fell silent after Mount Vesuvius erupted and blanketed the ancient Roman city with a thick layer of ash in AD 79.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • The Toronto stadium erupted — then the fourth official's monitor lit up, and 30,000 people watched the celebration die in real time.
    — Renana Ashkenazi, Forbes.com, 20 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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  • Members of the community rushed to support the toddler’s family after his death, Atlanta News First reported at the time.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
  • Water rushed in through the openings, and the ship foundered so quickly that most of the 500 men onboard were lost.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026
Definition of rushed
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  • Fans of the Spinners were dismayed this week after the team said the town unfairly ejected it from the stadium.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026
  • There was a June 1977 friendly in Buenos Aires where punches were thrown and players were ejected.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2026
Definition of ejected
Verb
  • Truelove, who has a criminal history as well as mental health issues, instead approached Melvin and hurled a racial slur at the co-host before he was detained.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2026
  • An intruder allegedly approached Melvin, lunged at him, and hurled racial slurs before he was arrested and escorted from the building.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
Definition of hurled
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  • He was expelled from Congress while facing criminal charges over stealing from donors and his campaign, fraudulently collecting unemployment benefits and lying to Congress about his wealth.
    — Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • The former was a concentration area for 200,000 refugees expelled from 247 localities, villages and towns and the area’s original 80,000 inhabitants; and the latter a frontier zone designed to incarcerate them.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 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
  • The final game of their series win against the Colorado Rockies coincided with the second day of the 2026 MLB Draft, when teams start drafting based on outlier tools, senior signability or the statistical analyses their internal models spit out.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 13 July 2026
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