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   launch

   /lôn(t)SH/

   verb

   • 1. set (a boat) in motion by pushing it or allowing it to roll into the water: "the town's lifeboat was launched to rescue the fishermen" Similar set afloatfloatput to seaput into the watersend down the slipway
   • ▪ set (a newly built ship or boat) afloat for the first time, typically as part of an official ceremony: "King Gustav II Adolph of Sweden launched a huge new warship"
   • ▪ send (a missile, satellite, or spacecraft) on its course or into orbit: "they launched two Scud missiles" Similar send into orbitput into orbitblast offtake offlift off
   • ▪ hurl (something) forcefully: "she launched a tortoiseshell comb" Similar throwhurlflingpitchlobtosscastlet flypropelprojectfireshootinformal:chuckheavesling
   • ▪ (of a person) make a sudden energetic movement: "I launched myself out of bed"
   • ▪ utter (criticism or a threat) vehemently: "scores of customers launched a volley of complaints"
   • 2. start or set in motion (an activity or enterprise): "she was launching a campaign against ugly architecture"
   • ▪ introduce (a new product or publication) to the public for the first time: "the company has launched a software package specifically for the legal sector"

   noun

   • 1. an act or instance of launching something: "the launch of a new campaign against drinking and driving"
   • ▪ an occasion at which a new product or publication is introduced to the public: "a book launch"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘hurl a missile, discharge with force’): from Anglo-Norman French launcher, variant of Old French lancier (see lance).

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   launch. 1. [ lawnch, lahnch ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb (used with object) to set (a boat or ship) in the water. to float (a newly constructed boat or ship) usually by allowing to slide down inclined ways into the water. to send forth, catapult, or release, as a self-propelled vehicle or weapon: Rockets were launched midway in the battle.

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   To launch something is to propel it or get it going, usually from a standing position. You can launch a rocket, a career, a product or even a watermelon. Either way, you're getting it off the ground.

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