HURTLING Synonyms: 134 Similar and Opposite Words

hurtling

verb

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present participle of hurtle

as in scurrying

to proceed or move quickly the probe hurtled through space to its destination: Jupiter

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as in throwing

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 hurtling Residents complain about damage to their vehicles from rocks kicked up by the trucks hurtling to and from the Meta site. —

Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026 Whether by accident or design, Iran has repeatedly sent projectiles hurtling in the direction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which are sacred to Muslims, Jews and Christians, respectively. —

Marissa Newman, Bloomberg, 24 Mar. 2026 Framed against the clear blue sky, the pictures of a single missile hurtling toward the building and men raising their arms in disbelief as the structure fell to the ground were widely distributed at the time. —

Max Butterworth, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026 There is something inherently terrifying about a supermassive black hole hurtling through space at an excess of three million kilometers per hour. —

Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026 The action sequence culminates with the bad guys crashing, hurtling 20 feet in the air — and into the landmark Hill Valley clocktower. —

Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026 Though the tiny asteroid posed no threat to Earth, NASA had set out to test a method of deflecting and changing the path of threatening objects hurtling toward Earth. —

Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026 Americans should look to that history in setting expectations for what happens next in Iran now that another batch of maniacal Middle East murderers have been sent hurtling through the gates of hell. —

Nolan Finley, Twin Cities, 6 Mar. 2026 The pinprick, in West’s case, arrives via her lyrics, which consistently lob compelling insights into the songs’ squall and shimmer like slowly hurtling space junk. —

Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 3 Mar. 2026

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But here from West Palm Beach’s cheap seats, people scurrying inside glass conjures up those halcyon summers of magnifying glasses, ants and mean kids.

— Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
Someone walking outside paused for a second, taking a closer look, before scurrying on their way.

— Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 25 Mar. 2026