SPIKED Synonyms: 186 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

past tense of spike

as in stabbed

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object scorpions use their stinger-equipped tails to spike their prey

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as in stimulated

to give life, vigor, or spirit to he spiked what otherwise would have been a dry economic lecture with some jokes and anecdotes

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Recent Examples of spiked

Adjective

This spiked dramatically from 2019 to 2022, as rent prices rose sharply in the first years of the pandemic. — Diana Olick, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 In 2021, an Australian arts festival spiked plans to exhibit a Union Flag dipped in blood donated by Indigenous people. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Verb

Driven mainly by government borrowing, total global debt spiked over the last year at the fastest pace since the COVID-19 pandemic, to more than $350 trillion. — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026 The price of heating oil, which is very similar to diesel, has also spiked. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for spiked

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiked

Adjective

Still, even with the Justice Department approving the WBD merger late last week without any concessions, the Paramount Skydance’s CEO’s happy face masked some spikey obstacles to the merger from overseas and in state houses over Ellison’s strategic bear hug with the ex-Apprentice host.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 June 2026
This will be a bumper quarter for oil and gas shareholders, who have always learned to stick it out through the doldrums for spikey periods like this.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of spiky

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After losing in 2024, McGinn has repeatedly raised concerns on the campaign trail about Bradley’s absence from a vote in the Senate on legislation named for the Ukrainian refugee fatally stabbed on Charlotte’s light rail.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026
As seen on a surveillance video, the man walked up to the victim, grabbed him, and stabbed him multiple times before fleeing from the scene.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of stabbed

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The treatments also lowered the production of inflammatory signals that cause long-term swelling, and stimulated new blood vessel formation to nourish healing skin.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2026
Serra then analogizes the spatial mediation stimulated by Shift to a verbal operation.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of stimulated

Adjective

Attorneys for the country music icon’s estate claimed Seaver covered his front porch in barbed wire and yellow caution tape, thus delaying the formal delivery of the suit.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2026
Their long, barbed tongues can easily wind into ant and termite homes, licking up the bugs inside.

— Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of barbed

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The sound of jackhammering in the Horsches’ backyard pierced the otherwise quiet street Wednesday afternoon.

— Danny Freeman, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026
Neighbors in the area say the bullets pierced parked cars, trash cans, even the bedroom window of someone blocks away.

— Stephen Swanson, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of pierced

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The DeepSeek shock in early 2025 triggered another freakout as the Chinese AI model stirred doubts about the necessity of all that capex.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Earlier this year, Yu Hao, the founder and CEO of leading robot-vacuum-maker Dreame, made headlines and stirred controversy with his goal of building it into the world’s first $100 trillion company.

— Derek Rose, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of stirred

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The hackneyed ruminations on feminine style are punctured by an image of violent female rage.

— Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
As for the crack, well, that happened by accident when heavy equipment punched through a concrete wall and unintentionally punctured the sphere, company officials told The Mountaineer.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026

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