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• hurl — [hə:l US hə:rl] v [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Probably copying the action] 1.) [T always + adverb/preposition] to throw something with a lot of force, especially because you are angry ▪ Demonstrators were hurling bricks through the windows. ▪ He… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• abuse — verb (t) /əˈbjuz / (say uh byoohz) (abused, abusing) 1. to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse authority; to abuse a confidence. 2. to maltreat; act injuriously towards: to abuse the dog. 3. to inflict a sexual act on (a person),… …  

• abuse — n. insulting language 1) to heap, shower abuse on, upon; to hurl abuse at 2) to take abuse (she took a lot of abuse from him) 3) verbal abuse 4) a shower, stream of abuse 5) a term of abuse rough use 6) to take abuse (this car has taken a lot of… …   Combinatory dictionary

• hurl — UK [hɜː(r)l] / US [hɜrl] verb Word forms hurl : present tense I/you/we/they hurl he/she/it hurls present participle hurling past tense hurled past participle hurled 1) a) [transitive] to throw something using a lot of force Children were hurling… …   English dictionary

• hurl — [[t]hɜ͟ː(r)l[/t]] hurls, hurling, hurled 1) VERB If you hurl something, you throw it violently and with a lot of force. [V n prep] Groups of angry youths hurled stones at police... [V n prep] One prisoner set fire to rags and hurled them into the …   English dictionary

• abuse — 1 noun 1 (C, U) the use of something in a way that it should not be used (+ of): government officials abuse of power | open to abuse (=able or likely to be used in the wrong way): The city s metro system is open to abuse by fare dodgers. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• abuse — I UK [əˈbjuːs] / US [əˈbjus] noun Word forms abuse : singular abuse plural abuses ** 1) a) [countable/uncountable] cruel, violent, or unfair treatment, especially of someone who does not have the power to prevent it The regime had been… …   English dictionary

• abuse — a|buse1 [ ə bjus ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount cruel, violent, or unfair treatment, especially of someone who does not have the power to prevent it: The regime had been responsible for serious human rights abuses. abuse of: Physical abuse and… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• hurl — verb 1 (transitive always + adv/prep) to throw something violently and with a lot of force, especially because you are angry: hurl sth through/across/over etc: Demonstrators were hurling bricks through the windows. 2 hurl… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• abuse — [n1] wrong use corruption, crime, debasement, delinquency, desecration, exploitation, fault, injustice, misapplication, misconduct, misdeed, mishandling, mismanage, misuse, offense, perversion, prostitution, sin, wrong, wrongdoing; concept 156… …   New thesaurus

• hurl — ► VERB 1) throw or impel with great force. 2) utter (abuse) vehemently. ► NOUN Scottish informal ▪ a ride in a vehicle. ORIGIN probably imitative, but influenced by Low German hurreln …   English terms dictionary