to hurtle
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6.8
- verb
- /ˈhɜːrtəl/
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precipitarse
- Suddenly, the ground gives way and the shuttle hurtles toward the floor.
- hurtling through space
It's spinning at dizzying speeds and hurtling to space at thousands of miles an hour.
- It's spinning at dizzying speeds and hurtling to space at thousands of miles an hour.
- We've all seen the sci-fi movies where the crew are in some kind of deep sleep, hurtling through deep space.
- He's like, look, we're on this, you know, we're on this, this, this blue spaceship hurtling, you know, across the universe.
- My perception tells me that this ground we're sitting on is stationary, spinning at dizzying speeds and hurtling through space at thousands of miles an hour.
- Start to This was playing on the name Alien, and being in space and hurtling kind of implies that you're completely out of control and flying towards your imminent doom.
- So we just keep hurtling towards that big bright light.
- But but we we watch them hurtling toward Earth.
- Just hurtling through space with just like tinfoil, nothing between me and just void.
Examples
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A giant asteroid is hurtling towards Earth!
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The spacecraft and the comet hurtled toward one another like two trains approaching from opposite directions.
Academic text (1992) -
And then they hurtle down the corridor, and burst through that door right there.
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So we just keep hurtling towards that big bright light.
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Riders would come hurtling down, whip around and out the back.
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His hoarse shout joined with her cry as they hurtled through space together.
Fiction book (1995) -
The car spins out of control, just missing the truck, and hurtling down the icy highway.
Fiction book (1994) -
Deflecting an asteroid: chances are high that an asteroid is hurtling toward Earth even now.
Academic text (2008) -
A sudden rain squall blanketed half the sky; the five moons hurtled toward the cloud bank.
Fiction book (1992) -
Suddenly, I opened my eyes to find my car hurling toward the edge of the road.
Synonyms
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2.2
To hit something with great force and cause damage
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3.4
To move very quickly with great force
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3.5
To move your body forward suddenly with force
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6.8
To move very fast and out of control toward something, often causing harm
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7.2
To run or move very quickly without control
To move very quickly in a straight, forceful way
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Etymology
Hurtle comes from the old French verb hurter meaning 'to strike', and the idea later moved to a violent rush. That's why to hurtle along means to move very fast and forcefully, almost as if you might hit something.