Thesaurus
throw
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of THROW
1
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm <threw a life preserver to the drowning man>
Synonyms cast, catapult, chuck, dash, fire, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, lob, loft, peg, pelt, pitch, sling, toss
Related Words bowl, dart, flip, gun, hook, pass, roll, shoot; buck, eject, impel, precipitate, project, propel, rifle, thrust
Phrases let fly
2
to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally <the attacker threw his victim to the ground>
Related Words flatten, floor, level; knock down, knock over, strike down, topple; plop, plunk down; bobble, bungle, foozle, fumble; immerse, sink, submerge
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