launched
Sent into orbit
Launched is the past tense of launch—to set something in motion or send it on its way.
A rocket is launched into space, a boat launched into water, a product launched into the market.
The word implies a deliberate beginning with forward momentum: She launched her career in advertising, The company launched a new initiative.
To launch into something is to begin it energetically: He launched into a lengthy explanation.
Threw with force
- flungPast tense of hurl
- catapultedThrown with sudden force
- propelledCaused to move forward
- threwPropelled by arm
fired · shot · lobbed · tossed · ejected · discharged · slingshot · trebuchet
Opening play in football
- commencedBegan or initiated
- inauguratedFormally begun or installed
- introducedMade formally acquainted
- spearheadedLed an initiative
instituted · established · initiated · activated · mobilized · campaign · program · foundation
Moment of ascent
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- blastoffRocket launch moment
- thrustForceful forward motion
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
orbit · spacecraft · shuttle · payload · booster · mission · satellite · trajectory
Staged public introduction
- releaseTo let go
- unveilingAct of first revealing
- debutFirst public appearance
- announcementPublic declaration of information
marketing · beta · prototype · startup · brand · innovation · campaign · flagship
Sudden important advance
- debutFirst public appearance
- beginningsInitial stages of something
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- riseMove to higher position
ascent · springboard · opportunity · profession · discovered · stardom · audition · signing
Ritually named, often religiously
- christeningCeremony naming a child
- hullOuter covering or frame
- shipyardVessel construction site
- drydockDrained basin for hull work
commissioned · ceremony · champagne · slipway · vessel · flotation · seafaring · flagship
Causing displeasure or attack-oriented
- assaultViolent offensive act
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- raidSudden armed incursion
- invasionForcible entry into territory
ambush · bombardment · barrage · blitz · salvo · onslaught · counterattack · preemptive
hurled
Threw with force
- flungPast tense of hurl
- catapultedThrown with sudden force
- propelledCaused to move forward
threw · fired · shot · lobbed · tossed · ejected · discharged · slingshot · trebuchet · ballistic
kickoff
Opening play in football
- commencedBegan or initiated
- inauguratedFormally begun or installed
- introducedMade formally acquainted
spearheaded · instituted · established · initiated · activated · mobilized · campaign · program · foundation · nonprofit
liftoff
Moment of ascent
propulsion · orbit · spacecraft · shuttle · payload · booster · mission · satellite · trajectory · astronaut
rollout
Staged public introduction
announcement · marketing · beta · prototype · startup · brand · innovation · campaign · flagship · version
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
- debutFirst public appearance
- beginningsInitial stages of something
- trajectoryPath of moving object
rise · ascent · springboard · opportunity · profession · discovered · stardom · audition · signing · contract
christened
Ritually named, often religiously
- christeningCeremony naming a child
- hullOuter covering or frame
- shipyardVessel construction site
drydock · commissioned · ceremony · champagne · slipway · vessel · flotation · seafaring · flagship · keel
offensive
Causing displeasure or attack-oriented
invasion · ambush · bombardment · barrage · blitz · salvo · onslaught · counterattack · preemptive · airstrike
- launchesblast off, liftoff, blastoff, ignition, countdown
- project stagesalpha, beta, concept, design, development
- operationaloperational, functioning, working, running, active
- development stagesearly stage, late stage, infancy, childhood, alpha
- sent outmailed, delivered, dispatched, transmitted, broadcast
- took actionacted, took charge, took control, took command, initiated
launchedended
Came to a stop
terminated · concluded · halted · stopped · ceased
- launch padRocket departure platform
- product launchesIntroducing new goods commercially
- rocket launcherDevice firing self-propelled munitions
- launch intoBegin energetically or abruptly
- boat launchRamp into water
- space launchRocket's departure from Earth
launch, launching, launches, launcher, relaunch, prelaunch, launchings, mislaunched, unlaunched