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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Officers punched him, covered his face, poured a noxious liquid over him and threatened him with further abuse.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
Shares struggled for much of the year as the Facebook and Instagram parent poured increasingly large sums into AI infrastructure without giving Wall Street enough evidence of how those investments would generate new revenue.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

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Two men were killed and nearly three dozen people injured when gunfire erupted at a homecoming weekend block party in Vienna, a small town in south Georgia.

— Mike Stewart, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
His nose bled frequently, and his whole body regularly erupted into sudden, violent bouts of chills.

— Trisha Thadani Kirsten Potter Tanya Pérez Devin Murphy, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of erupted

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In the Chiefs’ 30-27 win over the Raiders, Walker rushed for 177 yards on 22 carries with two touchdowns and a pulsating 76-yard dash.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026
Last April, residents of the Vendome Place Condominium in Miami Beach were inside the elevator with the doors closed when floodwaters rushed in, NBC6 reported.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

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Perdomo Torres was ejected from the van and thrown to the ground, breaking his leg, ankle and hand.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Smith, who was riding in the left lane, was ejected from the bike and hit the pavement, suffering severe injuries, according to police.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of ejected

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Altman isn’t the only big name who gets chewed up and spit out by Guadagnino’s dark satire.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026
Police said the suspect, identified as 42-year-old Billy Applegate III, later tried to kick and spit on officers while being taken to the hospital after the crash.

— Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of spit

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The seven Chi Phi members in question were expelled or suspended, but some of them were allowed to continue their education at the university following a monthslong Title IX investigation.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
Had they been found smoking grass in the school they would have been expelled or at least given detention, but no one knew that their club met in the trap room under the stage.

— Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of expelled

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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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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
But to anyone who knew the actual facts, not reckless garbage spewed on the internet, the result of the process was never in doubt.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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