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(verb) take off or begin; "launch into a speech" |
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Related Words: begin, commence, get, set about, set out, start, start out |
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(verb) propel with force; "launch the space shuttle" |
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Related Words: blast off, impel, propel |
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(verb) get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process" |
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Synonyms: set in motion |
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Related Words: displace, launch, move |
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(verb) launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; "launch a ship" |
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Related Words: launch, set in motion |
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(noun) an open-deck (or half-decked) motorboat |
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Related Words: motorboat, powerboat |
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(noun) the act of propelling with force |
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Synonyms: launching |
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Related Words: actuation, propulsion, rocket firing, rocket launching |
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(verb) begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure" |
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Synonyms: plunge |
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Related Words: begin, commence, get, set about, set out, start, start out |
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(verb) put up |
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Synonyms: mount |
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Related Words: initiate, pioneer |
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(verb) set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" |
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Synonyms: establish, found, set up |
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Related Words: open, open up |
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