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hurl

verb as in throw forcefully

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But for true diva status, you need to hurl a phone at an assistant (Naomi Campbell).

One landlord even paid somebody to hurl a Molotov cocktail into an apartment just to smoke out tenants and jack up rents.

“You demand loyalty from people, but you never show it,” he complained to the boss, prompting Ailes to hurl a water bottle at him.

When it comes to the Syria conflict, recent developments may hurl us off the cliff.

Faking an illness is an accusation you would hurl at a third grader who wants to stay home from school.

It needed only an exertion of will for the soul to hurl the body ashore as wind drives paper; to waft it kite-fashion to the bank.

He waited until he was old and cold to hurl anathema against the human passions.

The most skilful in this exercise are some species of baboons, which can hurl branches, stones, or hard clods with much dexterity.

He could fly level now; every unit of force could be used for forward flight to hurl him onward faster and faster into the night.

Again an ague of beauty caught him, and he needed to hurl himself full length upon the mats until the ecstacy was past.

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

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