Thesaurus results for SPEARED

speared

verb

past tense of spear

as in stabbed

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object she speared a pea with her fork and angrily flung it

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Recent Examples of speared The Young Bucks went for a BTE Trigger, but Cope accidentally speared Cage while trying to break it up. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Reigns slipped out and speared Rollins – one, two … so close. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Blackberries make beautiful garnishes, especially when speared with a rosemary sprig. — Anna Kovel, Martha Stewart, 10 July 2026 With one out and runners on first and second, the Athletics’ Lawrence Butler smashed a line drive at second baseman Casey Schmitt, who speared the ball and quickly fired a throw to shortstop Willy Adames for a potential inning-ending double play. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 June 2026 Remove speared fish from the water or tow them a safe distance behind you. — ABC News, 26 May 2026 The word mom speared out of her mouth. — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026 Vecna gets speared, the monster goes down, the creepy heart stops beating and everyone's alive! — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025 The knife remains in the dominant hand, poised to cut when necessary or push food that can’t be speared atop the fork’s overturned tines. — Terry Ward, CNN Money, 20 Dec. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for speared

Verb

Pierce fled on foot and stabbed an officer in the neck with a knife, prompting authorities to open fire.

— Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Mothers who beat, shook, shot, drowned, strangled, and stabbed their babies.

— Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of stabbed

Verb

Cook for 20 minutes, or until the squash falls apart when pierced with a fork.

— Candy Hom, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026
The exhibition layout, conceived by French designer Pascal Rodriguez, unfolds across four successive spaces, separated by partition walls pierced by large circular openings at their centers.

— Sarah Belmont for ArtNews, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of pierced

Verb

Workers have been increasingly jabbed while on the job as needle-style medications — more specifically GLP-1s — have risen in popularity.

— Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu jabbed back against the prevailing narrative yesterday, saying she was never invited to participate in the WNBA’s 3-point contest this weekend.

— Chris Branch, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of jabbed

Verb

The property later passed through several notable hands, including Creative Artists Agency (CAA) co-chairman Kevin Huvane and filmmaker Roberto Sneider, before Channing Tatum picked it up for $6 million in 2015, according to Variety.

— Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
Kansas was picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 preseason poll; the highest finish of the Schneider era was fifth place in 2021-22.

— PJ Green October 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of picked

Verb

Raichlen’s career, in a way, is similar in that he’s never been stuck in the lane of writing about barbecuing only brisket and pork.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
Other franchises have run into the same issues — looking at you, Star Wars — but Halo has been stuck in this purgatory for 15+ years, as Xbox leaders and strategy shifts come and go.

— Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026