HURLED Synonyms: 153 Similar and Opposite Words

hurled

verb

past tense of hurl

as in vomited

to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth that meal was so gross I thought I was going to hurl

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as in sped

to proceed or move quickly a fighter jet hurled through the sky

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as in threw

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm hurled snowballs at each other

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Recent Examples of hurled With less than a minute left in the first half, Sam Howell hurled a 39-yard jump ball that fell a bit short of being a contested grab in the air, but Brown fell down with the ball in his grasp with a defensive back draped over him. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2026 Kirk got the win with 5 1/3 innings to beat NorCal in the unofficial state title game in the region opener on Sunday, two days before Martinez hurled a complete-game one-hitter to beat Hawaii in the region semifinal. — Dennis Pope, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 In the attack on Don Maca a few days later, one of the 20 crew members said the first blast hurled him into the air. — Michael Rios, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026 The raid drew criticism over separating families, and a group of Idahoans sued, saying officers hurled racial epithets and largely withheld water, food, bathrooms and medical care. — Idaho Statesman, 15 Aug. 2026 Inside a packed event space at The Combine in Kansas City, amendment opponents immediately claimed victory and hurled chants after results came in Tuesday evening. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 The fashion genius who hurled anti-semitic slurs at strangers in 2011 will be honored at the next Met Gala. — Shane O’Neill, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2026 While the violent mobs who hurled stones at marchers in 1966 are long gone, civil rights advocates say their demands remained strikingly familiar and that the threat to democracy has not disappeared. — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026 Resinous pine cones can also ignite and be hurled hundreds of meters by wind, helping fire spread. — ABC News, 31 July 2026

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Allegedly, so many cinema-goers vomited and fainted during the initial screenings of William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973) that theatre staff had to hand out smelling salts.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
After a 30-minute break during which all four pledges vomited, participants began a second round with another bottle of vodka.

— Perry Vandell, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

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Between 2008 and 2014, advances in an early branch of artificial intelligence known as machine learning, which allows computers to learn and adapt, sped up the experimental process at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

— Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
As the plane sped down the runway, air traffic controllers and a witness on the ground noticed sparks coming from near its wheels.

— Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of sped

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And Ian Happ raced around from first to score on the throwing error, giving the Cubs a 4-3 lead.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
Tara Rudd drove toward Angel City’s back line and threaded a pass through to Rodman, who raced downfield and curled a shot just over goalkeeper Angelina Anderson.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of raced

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The film was a left-wing Sunday-school lesson dressed up as…another tossed-together Cox neo-Western.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
The Yankees had just taken a 1-0 lead on a solo home run from Trent Grisham when home plate umpire Vic Carapazza tossed Boone.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of tossed

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Flooding pours into Indiana homes and businesses Photos and videos out of Indiana show scenes of destruction as floodwater rushed into homes and businesses, leaving them in shambles.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Freeman decided to get up anyway, and the Dodgers' training staff rushed across the field to check on him.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of rushed

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