Today’s “Word of the Day” is “barrel“ and it is a verb meaning “move very fast; travel very quickly; rush, hurry, dash, hasten, hare, sweep, whizz”.
Example Sentence: Powerful tornadoes barrelled through five US states on Friday, levelling houses and factories and bringing down power lines. In Kentucky, the worst-hit state, one tornado alone followed an extraordinarily long and destructive path of more than 200 miles.
This word is present in The Guardian article How bad were the US tornadoes and what caused them? and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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