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hurl verb [ həːl ]

• throw or impel (someone or something) with great force.
• "rioters hurled a brick through the windscreen"
Similar: throw, toss, fling, pitch, cast, lob, launch, flip, catapult, shy, dash, send, bowl, aim, direct, project, propel, fire, let fly, chuck, heave, sling, buzz, whang, bung, yeet, peg, hoy, bish,
Opposite: catch, hold,

hurl noun

• a ride in a vehicle; a lift.
• "hey pal, any chance of a hurl?"
Origin: Middle English: probably imitative, but corresponding in form and partly in sense with Low German hurreln .


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