flung down's Usage Examples:

Its only weak point proved to be, not unlike Chimera, having a spear flung down its throat.

sympathiser Falco of Benevento, relates: Tancred and the unfortunate Roger flung down their arms and sought refuge among the darkest and most obscure alleys.

the echoing sound of a rock door to a cave torn off by another god, and flung down to earth.

oftener the case in the wild country they were traversing, the sufferer was flung down to die miserably in the jungle.

Nikitaras, angry, flung down his sword, a weapon taken from a Turk he had killed, uttering the words:.

more! the meed is thy due! Athens is saved, thank Pan, go shout!" He flung down his shield ran like fire once more: And the space 'twixt the fennel-field.

Vehicles paused before being flung down the track at high velocity and then slowing down to make the sharp corner.

neighboring communities decided to try to live together in peace, and so they flung down their shields, which were carried on the left arm, and advanced, unprotected.

Hephaestus, attempting to rescue his mother from Zeus' advances, was flung down from the heavens by Zeus.

after he had flung down his gauntlet on the pavement, an old woman, who entered the Hall on crutches.

barbarians, judging from the shout that they were facing a mighty army, flung down their arms and ran away, leaving behind their baggage and booty.

An American couple in their 60s travelling in a pony and trap were flung down a 12ft ravine on to rocks when the horse bolted in the Gap of Dunloe in.

Cars paused before being flung down this track at high velocity.

this year he published the first part of his Geist der Zeit, in which he flung down the gauntlet to Napoleon and called on countrymen to rise and shake off.

of Ireland describes the steeple of Killeshin being "undermined" "and flung down" in 1703 by an employee of a Captain Woosley (described as "Hero of the.

At the Siege of Badajoz in 1812, the French defenders flung down burning "carcasses" of straw so that the attacking British might be seen.

Oyl unwillingly braves death: the truck makes a left turn and she is flung down a great hill; her arms flail as she skirts passing vehicles.

Champollion raced to his brother's office at the Académie des Inscriptions, flung down a collection of copied inscriptions, cried "Je tiens mon affaire!" ("I've.

flood, with the arrogance of flashing gold, with the fire he hurls he flung down him who was already hastening to shout forth his victory on the topmost.

Synonyms:

slaying; execution; murder;

Antonyms:

up; upwardly; upward; upwards;