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meteor

/ˈmi.tiɚ/ verb C2
  1. To move at great speed. (intransitive)

He/she/it meteors · Past meteored · Past participle meteored · -ing form meteoring

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Verb forms

Base form
meteor
He/she/it
meteors
Past
meteored
Past participle
meteored
-ing form
meteoring

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She was in tears, and, strange as it was, in spite of the emotions he felt at the sight of these tears, he looked also at Madame de Villefort, and it appeared to him as if a slight gloomy smile had passed over her thin lips, like a meteor seen passing inauspiciously between two clouds in a stormy sky.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 823 · C1
The carriage rolled with a thundering noise over the pavement, and everyone turned to notice the dazzling meteor.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 858 · C1

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