Sentence:  With that he pulled open his shirt, and with his long sharp nails opened a vein in his breast. When the blood began to <WSD>spurt</WSD> out, he took my hands in one of his, holding them tight, and with the other seized my neck and pressed my mouth to the wound, so that I must either suffocate or swallow some to the . . . Oh, my God! My God! What have I done? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.