0 past simple and past participle of hurtle
1 to move very fast, especially in a way that seems dangerous:
On the journey downstairs he lost control and hurtled down, fracturing a leg.
I remember standing with my father on a footbridge 200 yd from our local station as a great thundering black beast hurtled down the line towards us.
With the front of the spaceframe chassisand thus crucial engine mountsdestroyed, the car's heavy engine block also broke free and hurtled into the crowd.
An artillery duel ensued for the better part of two hours as opposing cannons hurtled shells over the town.
Instead, the plane hurtled through the airports fence, across a highway and crashed into an embankment.
The flatcar hurtled down the rails toward the mill's wharf where the barges were docked.
His car hurtled off course and crashed into a ditch.
A spacecraft hurtled down and splashed into it.
