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   Hurl

   /hərl/

   

   verb

   • 1. throw (an object) with great force: "rioters hurled a brick through the windshield of a car"
   • ▪ push or impel (someone) violently: "I seized Nathan and hurled him into the lobby"
   • ▪ utter (abuse) vehemently: "they were hurling insults over a back fence"
   • ▪ vomit: "it made me want to hurl"

   Word Origin Middle English: probably imitative, but corresponding in form and partly in sense with Low German hurreln.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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