launch

launch
v
1. set afloat, float; send off or forth, send, push off; move, actuate, set in motion, set going; propel, impel, push, shove, thrust; spur, prod, prick, goad, poke, urge or drive forward.
2. begin, commence, start, go ahead; embark, set sail, set to or about, turn to, Inf. take off, Inf. kick off; take steps, get going, get a move on, get on the stick, start off, start out, move out, get the show on the road; start in, plunge in, Inf. dive in, Inf. get one's feet wet, Inf. get down to it, Inf. get to it.
3. initiate, instigate, start the ball rolling, take the first step, take the initiative, take the plunge, make a start, break the ice; institute, inaugurate, found, establish, set up, organize, originate, break ground, lay the foundation; introduce, broach, usher in; create, beget, engender, give birth to, give rise to, sow the seeds of.
4. hurl, cast, throw, toss, dart, shy, chuck, pitch; dash, sling, let fly, send; fling, flirt, heave, jerk, cant, shoot, fire; propel, project, jaculate, catapult.

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