Starship hurtled through asteroid field.

Meaning: This sentence describes a spaceship moving very quickly through an area of space with many small rocky objects.

Choice of Words: Starship is a vehicle used to travel in space. Hurtled means to move very quickly. Through means from one side to the other of something. Asteroid is a small rocky object that orbits the sun. Field is an open area of land. When you put them together, it means a vehicle used to travel in space moved very quickly from one side to the other of an open area of land that has small rocky objects orbiting the sun.

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The spaceship zoomed past the asteroids.

Meaning: This sentence describes a spaceship moving very quickly past a group of asteroids. It's like saying, The spaceship was going so fast that it whizzed past the asteroids.

Choice of Words: Zoomed means to move very quickly. Past means to go by something. Asteroids are small, rocky bodies that orbit the sun. When you put these words together, it creates a picture of a spaceship moving very quickly past a group of asteroids.

The spacecraft sped through the asteroid belt.

Meaning: This sentence describes a spacecraft moving very quickly through an asteroid belt. It's like saying, The spacecraft was moving so fast that it was like it was flying through a field of rocks.

Choice of Words: Spacecraft is a vehicle that travels in space. Sped means to move very quickly. Asteroid belt is a region of space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter that contains a large number of asteroids. When you put these words together, it creates a picture of a spacecraft moving very quickly through a field of asteroids.

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