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View definitions for hastening

hastening

adjective as in hurrying

adjective as in racing

adjective as in rushing

noun as in acceleration

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“I’ve done every hell gig possible in the world so I’m not easily thrown,” said Kilmartin, before hastening to add, “Not that I am implying this is a hell gig — I’m just saying!”

The 2028 Games could have no better legacy than hastening L.A.’s and the nation’s zero-emissions future.

When the Red Army occupied Afghanistan in the 1980s, it suffered around 15,000 killed over a decade, triggering protests at home and hastening the demise of the Soviet Union.

From BBC

He stormed them again with the Brexit Party in 2019, hastening Theresa May’s departure from No 10.

From BBC

Two years later, John McCain rejected Hagee’s endorsement in the 2008 presidential campaign, after a sermon of Hagee’s surfaced describing Hitler as fulfilling God's will by hastening the return of Jews to Israel.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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