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Propulsion

The act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Deed 76% connected

Dead.

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Force 76% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Bowl 76% connected

A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.

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Dribble 76% connected

To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.

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Drive 76% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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Ejection 76% connected

The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation.

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Expulsion 76% connected

The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.

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Heave 76% connected

To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

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Jump 76% connected

A kind of loose jacket for men.

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Jumping 76% connected

of Jump

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Launch 76% connected

To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.

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Launching 76% connected

of Launch

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Lift 76% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Lob 76% connected

A dull, heavy person.

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Projection 76% connected

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Pulling 76% connected

of Pull

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Push 76% connected

A pustule; a pimple.

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Pushing 76% connected

of Push

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Roll 76% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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Rolling 76% connected

of Roll

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Shooting 76% connected

of Shoot

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Shot 76% connected

of Shoot

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Throw 76% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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Thrust 76% connected

Thrist.

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Wheeling 76% connected

of Wheel

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Actuate 74% connected

To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.

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Actuate 74% connected

To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.

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Synonym 1

Actuation 92% connected

A bringing into action; movement.

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