Meaning & use
hurtling
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Moving at great speed, often in an uncontrolled or dangerous way.
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The runaway cart came hurtling down the hill toward the crowd.
Debris was hurtling through the air as the storm intensified.
A note on using this word
Hurtling is the present participle of "hurtle," which historically meant to collide or clash violently before it came to mean rapid movement.
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