he let fly with a brick : HURL, fling, throw, propel, pitch, lob, toss, launch; shoot, fire, blast; informal chuck, sling, heave.
she let fly at Geoffrey : LOSE ONE'S TEMPER WITH, lash out at, scold, chastise, chide, rant at, inveigh against, rail against; explode, burst out, let someone have it; informal carpet, give someone a rocket, tear someone off a strip; formal excoriate.
2192; headword