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Hurtling

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

The act of something being hurtled or thrown.

Equivalents

العربيةالإندفاع

Examples

“He clasped his hands over the breast of the brave young Irish volunteer, who had come so willingly with him from the same State, who had stood so gallantly by his side in the deadly hurtlings of battle […]”
Thenceforth no flying fires inflamed the gray, / No hurtlings shook the dewdrop from the thorn, / No moan perplexed the mute bird on the spray; […]”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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