hurtled

verb

Definition of hurtlednext
past tense of hurtle
1
as in sped
to proceed or move quickly the probe hurtled through space to its destination: Jupiter

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2
as in threw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm competitors taking turns hurtling their javelins down the field

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurtled
  1. hurled
  2. tossed
  3. flung
  4. drove
  5. jumped
  6. zipped
Verb
  • Last year, at the end of a 12-hour shift, his legs were hurting when a child hurled himself onto his lap.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Each side hurled flagpoles and fists at one another in an incident which triggered days of violence across Canada and led to multiple arrests.
    Lex Harvey, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of hurled
Verb
  • The controversial Corporate Transparency Act seems to be getting closer to being completely tossed on legal grounds, writes Forbes’ Kelly Phillips Erb.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Shortly after tipoff, Green played peacemaker after Edwards tossed down Jonathan Kuminga after a steal for a technical foul.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of tossed
Verb
  • Social media was flooded with videos of people emerging dazed and dishevelled from Assad’s state prisons, in many ways the most potent symbol of his rule, which had been flung open by opposition forces.
    Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The ray spiders flung their webs when the tuning fork was farther away than the mosquitos had been.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of flung
Verb
  • The Fading Allure Of The Annual Upgrade In the golden age of automotive innovation during the 1950s and 1960s, each new model year brought excitement and innovative features that drove consumers to dealerships.
    Stephen Wakeling, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Shortly after getting together, Ball and Posen rented a car and drove across the country, staying at Best Westerns and Hampton Inns along the way.
    Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of drove
Verb
  • Listen to this article A number of rescue crews responded to the waters in Bridgeport after an individual jumped off a ferry boat and plunged into the harbor on Tuesday night.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The year saw Americans double their international travels in the pursuit of live events, according to a new report from StubHub, as demand for live events jumped by 33% globally compared to 2023.
    Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of jumped
Verb
  • Fighters zipped around the city in flatback trucks and milled around in the streets.
    Suleiman Al-Khalidi, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The blanket can be zipped inside the pillow pouch for instant accessibility without taking up an egregious amount of space, and the back of the pillow is fitted with a trolley strap so it can be stacked atop your luggage to keep your hands free.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of zipped
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