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scagliare

to hurl

verb skah-LYAH-reh Rare
Body & Health Movement

Also means

to fling

Usage Note

Scagliare means to throw with force. The reflexive scagliarsi contro means 'to hurl oneself at' or 'to attack verbally', and is common in journalism: si è scagliato contro il governo (he lashed out at the government). It uses avere as auxiliary in compound tenses.

Examples

"Il bambino ha scagliato il sasso lontano."

Natural Translation

The child hurled the stone far away.

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