hurl

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He cursed until he had no more words to hurl, until he was too exhausted even to think.

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  1. transitive verb To throw with great force; fling. See Synonyms at throw.
  2. transitive verb To send with great vigor; thrust: hurled the army against the enemy.
  3. transitive verb To throw down; overthrow.
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  • The seas rose beneath, green with lattice marks of current; then crested with a roar that punished thought and broke, hurl-ing foam against steely bastions of ice. —  Stormwarden
  • Sophie's whole body screamed it, but duty had been instilled too deeply in her by her medical training to do what she would like to do -- hurl the drat ted telephone to the bottom of the lake. —  Bush Doctor's Bride
  • In amazement Nefer lowered the javelin he had been about to hurl, and checked his horses. —  Warlock
  • Moving my head carefully so I wouldn't hurl, I examined our surroundings. —  Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
  • He cursed until he had no more words to hurl, until he was too exhausted even to think. —  Finnegan teoriza la practica de cuerdas
 

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Etymologies (6)

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  1. Middle English hurlen.

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  1. from Middle English hurlen, rarely horlen, hourlen, a contr. form of, and used interchangeably with, hurtlen, dash against, strike forcibly, jostle, hurtle, intransitive fall or rush violently: see hurtle. Cf. hurl.
  2. from hurl, v.
  3. A variant of whirl, prob. due to confusion with hurl, throw: see hurl and whirl. Cf. comp. hurlbat, hurlblast, etc.
  4. from Middle English hurle, a whirlpool; from hurl, v.
  5. English dial., contr. of hurdle: cf. furl, contr. of furdle.
 

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