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
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.
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 2 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
This means more of the plasma is available to be spewed onto the space junk, and more plasma means more thrust.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 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
Chelley Bissainthe, Olandria Carthen, and Huda Mustafa finally hash out the latter's claims of bullying in the villa and the racial vitriol spewed online.
—Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Callum Sutherland, Time, 2 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
This means more of the plasma is available to be spewed onto the space junk, and more plasma means more thrust.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 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
Chelley Bissainthe, Olandria Carthen, and Huda Mustafa finally hash out the latter's claims of bullying in the villa and the racial vitriol spewed online.
—Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spewed
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On Valentine’s Day in 2024, Florence Poirel poured champagne in her Zurich apartment with her partner, both longtime Googlers.—
Mike Winters
Tasia Jensen,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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Companies have poured billions into the burgeoning technology despite questions about its financial sustainability and the costs of its high demand for electricity and water being passed onto consumers.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile protests have erupted across Europe calling for an end to the war.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Nepal’s Prime Minister, Sharma Oli, resigned from his position after the anti-corruption protests erupted across the country, leaving at least 72 people dead and hundreds wounded, most of them in the capital of Kathmandu.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Max urinated and vomited on himself, went into cardiac arrest and ultimately, lost consciousness during his prolonged restraint.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Eugene is less convinced of the wisdom of this endeavor, and his idea for nourishing the Clockwork Boy — feeding him honey — is projectile-vomited back in his face.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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Nunoo, a Texas native, was put on a board and carted off the field before an ambulance rushed him to a hospital.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
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He was rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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After a confrontation with officials, Reeve was ejected and later fined by the WNBA for criticizing officials during a postgame news conference.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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When a foul wasn’t called on the play, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve charged the court to challenge a referee and was ejected from the game.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Mullen was 29-6 before Marco Wilson hurled a cleat and 5-9 after it.—
Matt Baker,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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The government shutdown blame game continues Democrats and Republicans across the Senate and House hurled mutual accusations of blame as the federal government entered a shutdown.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And in the worst case scenarios, their child might be expelled from their child care.—
Beki San Martin,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Palestinian-American director Cherien Dabis’ historical drama premiered at Sundance and tells a multigenerational story of a family expelled from Jaffa in 1948.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Sep. 2025
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Mulroney, Ackerman, Snow, and Newman turn this story of spatting WAGS into an explosive, addictive watch.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 Aug. 2025
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Preparation has cultural and regional variations, but the seed is usually chewed with slaked lime and betel leaves, and chewing releases a red juice that's often then spat out.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Spewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spewed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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