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Definition of hurtle verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

hurtle

verb

NAmE//ˈhərt̮l//

[intransitive] + adv./prep.Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they hurtle

he / she / it hurtles

past simple hurtled

-ing form hurtling

to move very fast in a particular direction synonym careen A runaway car came hurtling toward us.

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