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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
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              Common