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hastened

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The silted-up river was shallow enough to cross on foot, anyway, but the intact bridge hastened the British assault.

Such shoreline structures can hasten beach erosion, and state officials were trying to ensure that didn’t happen.

Extensive research suggests that certain ways of thinking and behaving can hasten the plunge into clinical depression, while others can prevent it.

Some experts suspect lower humidity also hastens transmission of the virus.

Leaders of Operation Warp Speed, the federal effort to hasten vaccine and therapeutic development, have projected having 600 million to 700 million doses of vaccine by March or April.

There was just a disabled senior citizen who had been hastened to her grave, and the press paid the matter scant attention.

In spite of myself a chill crept over me at the sight of the white puffy face, and I hastened to pass.

When I asked whether the debate would bring any financial perks, Ham hastened to talk me down.

Perhaps—though getting past Edward Snowden would have hastened this, too.

It's bad business, he hastened to add, but if that's what they want to do, the state should not be able to compel them otherwise.

But it was necessary to take Silan, which the rebels hastened to strengthen, closely followed up by the Spaniards.

We were interrupted at this moment by a message from General Houston, to whom we immediately hastened.

Mrs. Charmington hastened to spread the report that his Royal Highness was seriously smitten.

Louis had covered his raging temples with his hand, and he hastened forward with distracted swiftness.

From a sense of justice, I hastened to remunerate those who had been deprived of their coign of vantage, but, alas!

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On this page you'll find 77 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hastened, such as: urge, step up, accelerate, precipitate, expedite, and quicken.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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