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HURL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A violent throw

Synonyms:

cast; hurl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hurl" is a kind of...):

throw (the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist))

Derivation:

hurl (throw forcefully)

hurl (make a thrusting forward movement)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Utter with force; utter vehemently

Example:

throw accusations at someone

Synonyms:

hurl; throw

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "hurl" is one way to...):

express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Throw forcefully

Synonyms:

cast; hurl; hurtle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "hurl" is one way to...):

throw (propel through the air)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hurl"):

crash; dash (hurl or thrust violently)

precipitate (hurl or throw violently)

catapult; sling (hurl as if with a sling)

bowl (hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

They hurl the object in the water

Derivation:

hurl (a violent throw)

hurler ((baseball) the person who does the pitching)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make a thrusting forward movement

Synonyms:

hurl; hurtle; lunge; thrust

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "hurl" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hurl"):

dart (move with sudden speed)

riposte (make a return thrust)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

hurl (a violent throw)

Credits

 Context examples: 

I hurled it out of the window, and it disappeared into the Thames.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Over time, material hurled out by the jet slows and widens as it sweeps up and heats interstellar material, producing so-called afterglow emission that includes X-rays.

(NASA Missions Catch First Light from a Gravitational-Wave Event, NASA)

This is a vast cloud of electrically charged particles hurled into space that disturbs the interplanetary magnetic field in our solar system.

(Solar Storms Can Drain Electrical Charge Above Earth, NASA)

Then he hurled the "Secret Doctrine" and many curses across the room, turned off the gas, and composed himself to sleep.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I did so, not at first aware what was his intention; but when I saw him lift and poise the book and stand in act to hurl it, I instinctively started aside with a cry of alarm: not soon enough, however; the volume was flung, it hit me, and I fell, striking my head against the door and cutting it.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The new results confirm that the chorus waves play an important role in controlling the loss of energetic electrons — one extra piece of the puzzle to understand how high-energy electrons are hurled so violently from the radiation belts.

(FIREBIRD II and NASA Mission Locate Whistling Space Electrons’ Origins, NASA)

Alleyne, staggering to the side, was about to hurl himself after him, but Hordle John dragged him back by the girdle.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Hans hurled himself upon the prostrate man, striking madly with his fists.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Hurled into hell, he was unbeaten.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The man saved his life by instinctively throwing out his arm, but was hurled backward to the floor with Buck on top of him.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)