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Definition of hurling:

A kind of game at ball, formerly played.
of Hurl
The act of throwing with force.

Synonyms:

ball game, jai alai, moving, pelota, handball, ball, badminton, netball, croquet, lacrosse.

motivating (part of speech: verb)
- inducing,
- fomenting,
- lobbing,
- hastening,
- jogging,
- nudging,
- propelling,
- energizing,
- firing,
- ramming,
- punching,
- heaving,
- driving,
- poking,
- prodding,
- thrusting,
- bumping,
- magnetizing,
- motivating,
- jostling,
- impelling,
- jolting,
- forcing,
- instigating,
- hurtling,
- flinging,
- pitching,
- provoking,
- shooting,
- striking,
- moving,
- urging,
- launching,
- throwing,
- slinging,
- shoving,
- encouraging,
- prompting,
- stimulating,
- pushing,
- catapulting,
- fermenting,
- inspiring,
- knocking,
- enticing,
- triggering,
- jerking,
- goading
propelling (part of speech: verb)
- compelling,
- heaving,
- flinging,
- pushing,
- shunting,
- ramming,
- pushing,
- throwing,
- bunting,
- shoving,
- butting,
- firing,
- compelling,
- pelting,
- pitching,
- catapulting,
- chucking,
- shoving,
- impelling,
- impelling,
- flinging,
- goading,
- propelling,
- driving,
- bowling,
- driving,
- heaving,
- lobbing,
- pitching,
- thrusting,
- goading,
- propelling,
- casting,
- thrusting,
- precipitating,
- flicking,
- throwing,
- projecting,
- slinging,
- launching,
- prodding,
- tossing,
- canting

Usage examples:

As the result of his encounter with Gordon he had resolved upon the crushing defeat of his adversaries by hurling the entire weight of his personal fortune into the scale.

- "The Son of his Father", Ridgwell Cullum.
A mighty gust of wind striking him in mid- air and almost hurling him into the blackness below had caused him to put down as a brace his wounded hind leg.

- "Frank of Freedom Hill", Samuel A. Derieux.
More of the girls had come to the attack, and now danced about the boy, hurling accusations at him.

- "The Bent Twig", Dorothy Canfield.