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throw

throw - verb

To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm: cast, dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shoot, shy, sling, toss. Informal fire. See move.
To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: bring down, cut down, down, drop, fell, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down. Slang deck. See rise.
To cause to be unclear in mind or intent: addle, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, discombobulate, dizzy, fuddle, jumble, mix up, muddle, mystify, perplex, puzzle. See clear. feelings.
To make incapable of finding something to think, do, or say: confound, nonplus. Informal flummox, stick, stump. Slang beat. See affect. knowledge.
To bring to bear steadily or forcefully: exercise, exert, ply, put out, wield. See cause.
To send out heat, light, or energy: cast, emit, irradiate, project, radiate, shed. See move.
To release or move (a switch, for example) in order to activate, deactivate, or control a device: trip. See move.

To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective, for example: discard, dispose of, dump, junk, scrap, throw out. Informal chuck, jettison, shuck(off). Slang ditch. See keep.
To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly: consume, dissipate, fool away, fritter away, riot away, squander, trifle away, waste. Slang blow. See save.

To free from or cast out something objectionable or undesirable: clear, disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, release, relieve, rid, shake off, unburden. Slang shake. See keep.
To cast off by a natural process: exuviate, molt, shed, slough. See put on.
To discharge material, as vapor or fumes, usually suddenly and violently: emit, give, give forth, give off, give out, issue, let off, let out, release, send forth, vent. See free. move.
To get away from (a pursuer): elude, evade, lose, shake off, slip. Slang shake. See seek.

To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective, for example: discard, dispose of, dump, junk, scrap, throw away. Informal chuck, jettison, shuck(off). Slang ditch. See keep.
To put out by force: bump, dismiss, eject, evict, expel, oust. Informal chuck. Slang boot(out), bounce, kick out. See keep.
To displace (a bone) from a socket or joint: dislocate, slip. See help.

To give up or leave without intending to return or claim again: abandon, desert, forsake, leave, quit. See keep.

To eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth: heave, vomit. Slang puke. See mouth.