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hur⋅tle

[hur-tl] verb, -tled, -tling, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to rush violently; move with great speed: The car hurtled down the highway.
2. to move or go noisily or resoundingly, as with violent or rapid motion: The sound was deafening, as tons of snow hurtled down the mountain.
3. Archaic. to strike together or against something; collide.
–verb (used with object)
4. to drive violently; fling; dash.
5. Archaic. to dash against; collide with.
–noun
6. Archaic. clash; collision; shock; clatter.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME hurtle, equiv. to hurt(en) (see hurt ) + -le -le


1. speed, fly, race, rush, shoot.
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hur·tle   (hûr'tl)   
v.   hur·tled, hur·tling, hur·tles

v.   intr.
To move with or as if with great speed and a rushing noise: an express train that hurtled past.
v.   tr.
To fling with great force; hurl.

[Middle English hurtlen, to collide, frequentative of hurten, to knock against, damage; see hurt.]
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Word Origin & History

hurtle 
c.1225, hurteln, probably freq. of hurten (see hurt). The essential notion in hurtle is that of forcible collision, in hurl that of forcible projection.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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