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[ verb ] throw forcefully

Synonyms

cast hurtle

Used in print

(Howard Fast, April Morning....)

I had squeezed the trigger of my own gun , and to my amazement , it had fired and kicked_back into my shoulder with the force of an angry mule ; and then I was adding my own voice to the crescendo of sound , hurling more vile language than I ever thought I knew , sobbing and shouting , and aware that if I had passed_water before , it was not enough , for my pants were soaking wet .

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

His energy was prodigious ; sometimes he would be up before dawn , clad as a garbage_collector and hurling pails into areaways to exasperate us , and thereafter would hurry to the Bronx_Zoo to grimace at the lions and press cigar_butts against their paws .

2
[ verb ] make a thrusting forward movement

Synonyms

lunge thrust hurtle

Used in print

(Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)

Upon reaching the desired speed , the automatic equipment would cut_off the drive , and the silent but not empty vessel would hurl towards the star which was its journey 's end .

Related terms

move dart drive jab lunger

3
[ verb ] utter with force; utter vehemently

Synonyms

throw

Examples

"hurl insults" "throw accusations at someone"

Related terms

express

4
[ noun ] a violent throw

Synonyms

cast

Related terms

throw project

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