SPURTED Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

spurted

verb

past tense of spurt

as in poured

to flow out in great quantities or with force water spurted from the garden hose just as I was checking the nozzle

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as in erupted

to throw out or off (something from within) often violently the pipe suddenly cracked and began spurting water

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Recent Examples of spurted Someone spurted hair spray on Tate McRae’s long locks. — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 14 May 2026 Oil prices spurted higher early this week on worries that the war will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed for a long time. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 Keep an eye out for the coton de tulear, which spurted from 92nd in 2024 to 79th last year. — Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026 By the time Journalism and jockey Umberto Rispoli began passing other horses and taking aim at Fierceness with the rally that had won him the Santa Anita Derby, Preakness and Haskell Stakes, the leader had spurted clear by 2-1/2 lengths turning into the homestretch. — Kevin Modesti, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025 The supporters’ handheld smoke bombs spurted plumes of royal blue, the apparatus and color foreign to the home stadium of the orange and black Giants. — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025

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In 2025 the hyperscalers alone poured more than $300 billion into data centers, chips, and grid capacity, and that spend is doing real work in the top-line growth figures.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
George poured in 38 points on 12-of-21 shooting from the floor, including 7-of-12 from beyond the arc.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

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Widespread violence erupted across France over the weekend, as rioters and looters ransacked storefronts, clashed with police and set fire to municipal buildings.

— Max Butterworth, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Demonstrations erupted into riots on Saturday, with almost 2,400 people arrested, shops looted or damaged and buildings covered in graffiti as violent groups clashed with police in cities across the country, according to the interior ministry.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026

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The safety overhaul comes less than two weeks after 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was ejected from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
The theme park operator announced the extra safeguard less than two weeks after 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem of Atlanta died after being ejected from his seat on the Goliath coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.

— Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

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The pouches do not require spitting and are sold in multiple flavors, such as coffee, mint, fruit and seasonal options like pumpkin spice.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Gardner-Johnson, who won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles, appeared to spit in the direction of Raiders tight end Brock Bowers.

— Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of spit

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In response, the Republican majority expelled Pearson and Jones.

— Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
Director Robert Eggers delivers a taut, terrifying period piece with this tale of a 17th-century New England family expelled from their village and stalked by a witch — a movie that also put the then-fledgling studio A24 on the map.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026

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Recent studies discovered the planet is more volcanically active than previously thought, but the researchers found that ash belched out by Venusian volcanoes is not the source of haze particles.

— Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
For decades, Saarland’s foundries and furnaces belched black into the sky.

— Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2026

Definition of belched

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As of last month, 52 additional fountain eruptions had occurred, the most violent of which spewed lava over 400 meters into the air.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026
Unregulated textile factories, iron and steel mills, and Coca-Cola production and chemical plants spewed pollution into the air and water well into the mid-20th century.

— Daliah Singer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026

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