to throw something with great force or violence; to toss powerfully.
From Middle English 'hurlen' or 'hirlen,' possibly from Old Norse 'hyrla' (to whirl or twist). The word suggests both violent motion and the whirling action of throwing.
Athletes who hurl javelins or shot puts exploit the physics principle of acceleration through distance—a longer arm motion on a longer-legged person can hurl an object faster than physics alone would predict.
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