Sentence:  When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor <WSD>threw</WSD> shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.