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Main Entry: launch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: send off
Synonyms: barrage, bombard, cast, catapult, discharge, dispatch, drive, eject, fire, fling, heave, hurl, lance, pitch, project, propel, shoot, sling, throw, toss, bung, send forth, set afloat, set in motion
Antonyms: hold, keep
Main Entry: launch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: begin, initiate
Synonyms: bow, break the ice*, commence, inaugurate, instigate, institute, introduce, jump, open, originate, start, break the seal, embark upon, get show on road, kick off*, set going, start ball rolling, usher in*
Antonyms: cease, end, finish, stop
Main Entry: advance
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move something forward, often quickly
Synonyms: accelerate, achieve, come forward, conquer, dispatch, drive, elevate, gain ground, get ahead, go ahead, hasten, launch, march, proceed, progress, promote, propel, quicken, skyrocket*, speed, storm, bring forward, continue ahead, continue on, forge ahead, get green light, get there, get with it, go forth, go forward, go great guns, go places, go to town, make headway, make the scene, move on, move onward, move up, press on, push ahead, push on, send forward, step forward
Notes: advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal
Antonyms: back down, halt, hesitate, recede, retreat, retrogress, stop, turn, withdraw, yield
Main Entry: begin
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: start
Synonyms: activate, actualize, break the ice*, bring about, bring to pass, cause, commence, create, do, drive, effect, embark on, enter on, enter upon, establish, eventuate, found, generate, go ahead, go into, impel, inaugurate, induce, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce, launch, lead, make, motivate, mount, occasion, open, originate, prepare, produce, set up, trigger, undertake, break ground, get going, give birth to, give impulse, lay foundation for, make active, plunge into, set about, set in motion
Antonyms: complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish
Main Entry: boat
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: vehicle for water travel
Synonyms: ark, barge, bark, bottom, bucket, canoe, catamaran, craft, dinghy, hulk, launch, raft, sailboat, schooner, ship, skiff, tub, yacht, bateau, dory, gondola, ketch, lifeboat, pinnace, scow, sloop, steamboat
Main Entry: bombard
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: assault, attack
Synonyms: assail, barrage, batter, beset, besiege, blast, blitz, bomb, cannonade, catapult, harass, hound, launch, pester, pound, shell, strike, fire upon, open fire, strafe
Main Entry: cast
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: throw aside
Synonyms: boot, chuck*, drive, drop, fire*, fling, heave, hurl, impel, launch, lob, peg, pitch, project, shed, shy, sling, thrust, toss, bung
Antonyms: catch, gather
Main Entry: chuck
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: throw aside, throw away, throw out
Synonyms: abandon, can, cast, desert, discard, ditch, eighty-six*, eject, fire, fling, flip, forsake, heave, hurl, jettison, junk, launch, pitch, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, scrap, shed, shy, sling, toss, give the heave ho, slough
Antonyms: keep
Main Entry: commence
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: start action
Synonyms: arise, begin, come into being, come into existence, embark on, enter upon, get cracking, get going, get one's feet wet, get show on road, hit the ground running, inaugurate, initiate, jump into, kick off*, launch, lead off, open, originate, start the ball rolling, take up, tear into
Antonyms: cease, complete, end, finish, stop
Main Entry: dart
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: race away; propel
Synonyms: bound, career, cast, course, dash, flash, fling, flit, float, fly, gallop, hasten, heave, hurry, hurtle, launch, pitch, plunge, run, rush, sail, scamper, scoot, scud, scurry, shoot, skim, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, start, tear, throw, thrust, whiz, move quickly
Main Entry: deliver
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: administer; throw
Synonyms: aim, deal, direct, dispatch, fling, give, hurl, inflict, launch, pitch, send, strike, transmit
Main Entry: embark
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get on transportation object
Synonyms: board, commence, enter, launch, set sail, emplane, entrain, go aboard ship, leave port, plunge into, put on board, set about, set out, take on board, take ship
Antonyms: disembark, stay
Main Entry: embark on
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: begin undertaking, journey
Synonyms: broach, commence, engage, enter, get off, initiate, launch, open, start, take up, jump off, plunge into, set about, set out, set to, tee off
Main Entry: engage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: start a fight; attack
Synonyms: assail, assault, combat, encounter, face, launch, meet, strike, take on, do battle with, fall on, give battle to, join battle with
Antonyms: surrender, yield, give up
Main Entry: fire
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: detonate or throw a weapon
Synonyms: cast, discharge, eject, explode, fling, heave, hurl, launch, let off*, loose, pitch, shell, shoot, toss, pull trigger, set off*, touch off*
Main Entry: fling
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: throw with abandon
Synonyms: cast, catapult, chuck*, dump, fire, heave, hurl, jerk, launch, lob, peg*, pitch, precipitate, propel, send, shy*, sling, toss, let fly
Main Entry: found
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bring into being
Synonyms: begin, commence, constitute, construct, create, endow, erect, establish, fashion, fix, form, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, organize, originate, plant, raise, settle, start, get going, ring in, settle up, start the ball rolling, start up
Antonyms: destroy, end
Main Entry: heave
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lift, throw with effort
Synonyms: boost, cast, chuck, drag, elevate, fling, haul, hoist, hurl, launch, pitch, pull, raise, send, sling, toss, tug, heft
Main Entry: hurl
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: throw forcefully
Synonyms: cast, chuck, chunk, fire, fling, gun, heave, launch, lob, peg, pitch, project, propel, send, sling, toss, bung, let fly
Main Entry: inaugurate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: begin; install
Synonyms: bow, break in, break the ice*, commence, commission, dedicate, induct, initiate, institute, introduce, invest, jump, launch, make up, open, ordain, originate, set up, start, get things rolling, get under way, instate, kick off*, set in motion, usher in
Antonyms: adjourn, close, end, stop, uninstall
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