The blood that spurted forth touched his blind eye and fully restored his sight. When he did this, blood and water spurted out and some went to his eyes. Blood is spurted out at a rapid, intermittent rate, that coincides with the heartbeat. The main jet, expected to rise a hundred feet, merely spurted a disappointing ten. Tensions spurted again in 1999 during the Atlantique incident. Spenglerism spurted from the pens of countless disciples.