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Meanings of hurtle in English

Portuguese
arremessar
Catalan
propulsar
Spanish
empujar

Make a thrusting forward movement.

arremessar
Portuguese
arremessar
Catalan
llençar
Spanish
arrojar

Throw forcefully.

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arremessar
Usage of hurtle in English
1
Without this, the missile would hurtle to flaming destruction in the atmosphere.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung
2
Every muscle in my body tenses as I hurtle toward the ground.
Divergent
3
It was unpleasant, maybe, to hurtle through eight hundred feet of air.
South Wind
4
You can show how they hurtle, like this-He flickered his hands.
The Fortunate Youth
5
Books began to hurtle through the air and to fall upon the table.
The Tyranny of the Dark
6
Players hurtle across court at breathtaking speed, ducking and diving, swerving and sliding.
Reuters
7
The wind will hurtle around the stronghold, but within there shall be calm.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Psalms
8
Other bikers hurtle off precipices and activate parachutes with no seconds to spare.
The Irish Times
9
The two one-year-olds hurtle joyfully through the forest, chasing one another.
The blood spilt
10
Thunder broke overhead, and the rain started to hurtle down from the sky.
Flawless
11
Their safari jeeps hurtle over rough terrain and jagged dirt gutters.
News.com.au
12
But it pointed nose-down toward the Earth even as it continued to hurtle onward.
Space Tug
13
Kelly had to hurtle across from his right-back berth into the centre to intervene.
The Guardian
14
The supervisor's remains hurtle around and up the ventilation shaft to his final destination.
Breathe
15
Players used to hurtling forward at every opportunity are having to learn.
The Guardian
16
The passengers were gazing in horror at the bodies hurtling over them.
Brigands of the Moon
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Translations for hurtle
Hurtle through the time
Hurtle across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common