To hurtle down is to rush downward with great and uncontrolled speed. Hurtle down the slope.
The lack of control is the point, which is what separates it from descending. Anything that begins to hurtle down a hill gathers speed faster than anybody expects.
1phrasehurtle downTo rush downward with great and uncontrolled speed.
“The barrel came loose and began to hurtle down the ramp.”
hurtle down is a phrase.
Practised in A Song of Ice and Fire