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to hurtle
01
to move with speed and intensity
Intransitive: to hurtle somewhere
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
hurtle
3rd person singular
hurtles
Present participle
hurtling
Past simple
hurtled
Past participle
hurtled
Examples
The soccer ball hurtled toward the goalpost, propelled by the player's powerful kick.
02
to propel or cast an object with great force and intensity
Transitive: to hurtle sth somewhere
Examples
In a fit of anger, he hurtled the book across the room, narrowly missing the fragile vase.
