launches
Sets in motion
Launches covers the act of setting something in motion, whether physical or figurative.
A rocket launches when it lifts off; a company launches a product when it introduces it to the market; a ship launches when it first enters the water.
The noun launch refers to such an event: The launch is scheduled for Tuesday.
To launch into something is to begin it with energy or enthusiasm: She launched into a lengthy explanation of her theory.
Moment of ascent
- blastoffRocket launch moment
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
booster · payload · orbit · mission · NASA · SpaceX · cosmodrome · spaceport
Siege engine for launching
- hurlThrow with great force
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
- propelForce into motion
- shootDischarge or capture
fire · eject · thrust · trebuchet · ballista · sling · toss · heave
First public appearance
- unveilingAct of first revealing
- releaseTo let go
- premiereFirst public performance
- rolloutStaged public introduction
introduction · announcement · reveal · kickoff · inaugural · maiden · breakthrough · product
liftoff
Moment of ascent
- blastoffRocket launch moment
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- ignitionStarting combustion process
rocket · booster · payload · orbit · mission · NASA · SpaceX · cosmodrome · spaceport · astronaut
catapult
Siege engine for launching
shoot · fire · eject · thrust · trebuchet · ballista · sling · toss · heave · lob
debut
First public appearance
rollout · introduction · announcement · reveal · kickoff · inaugural · maiden · breakthrough · product · beta
initiative
Self-directed action capacity
program · strategy · endeavor · effort · enterprise · operation · outreach · mission · advocacy · petition
assault
Violent offensive act
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- raidSudden armed incursion
invasion · ambush · onslaught · blitz · salvo · charge · surge · preemptive · counterattack · barrage
- taking actionacts, moves, responds, take action, go for it
- next big thingsstartups, emerging markets, rising stars, trending topics, game changers
- innovationinnovation, invention, innovative, innovate, breakthrough
- originsbeginning, birth, creation, source, roots
- publicitypublicity, PR, press conference, publicist, press release
- small boatsdinghy, skiff, jon boat, kayak, canoe
launchesends
Termini or concludes
concludes · terminates · finishes · closes · wraps up
- 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, launched, launcher, relaunch, launchers, relaunched, relaunching, relaunches