hurtles
Moves with velocity
Hurtles is the third-person singular of hurtle, meaning to move with great speed and often reckless force: The car hurtles down the mountain road.
Unlike hurry, hurtle implies momentum that may be difficult to control.
Objects hurtle through space; a person hurtles toward a deadline.
The word suggests both velocity and potential collision.
Contests of speed
- rocketsPropulsion-driven flying vehicles
- barrelsCylindrical storage vessels
- streaksLong thin marks
- zoomsMoves very quickly
flies · tears · shoots · careens · blasts · speeds · rushes · bolts
Sudden violent impacts
- smashesBreaks forcefully apart
- plungesDrops abruptly downward
- slamsForceful closings or criticisms
- impactsForceful contacts or influences
careens · veers · spins · tumbles · collides · barrels · trajectory · out-of-control
races
Contests of speed
zooms · flies · tears · shoots · careens · blasts · speeds · rushes · bolts · dashes
crashes
Sudden violent impacts
impacts · careens · veers · spins · tumbles · collides · barrels · trajectory · out-of-control · reckless
plummets
Falls straight down fast
descends · dives · tumbles · precipice · cliff · abyss · freefall · gravity · steep · ravine
launches
Sends off forcefully
catapults · arcs · soars · plummets · trajectory · airborne · missiles · debris · rocks · meteorite