Accelerate and Drive

Accelerate

Accelerate verb - To cause to move or proceed fast or faster.

Usage example: we accelerated preparations for the hurricane upon hearing weather reports that it had gained speed

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Drive and accelerate are semantically related. in timing topic. In some cases you can use "Drive" instead a verb "Accelerate".

Drive verb - To cause to function.

Usage example: machinery driven by waterpower

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Accelerate and drive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Accelerate" instead a verb "Drive".

Nearby Words: driving, driven, driver, driveway

people	accelerate people	drive people
part	accelerate part	drive part
time	accelerate time	drive time
fact	accelerate fact	drive fact
Other words: everyone, times, ships.

Star Carrier: Ships bigger than 80 meters use an Alcubierre drive to accelerate to speeds fast enough to cross solar systems in hours.

Source: Reactionless Drive
The use of the drive is only possible with gravity projection allowing ships to accelerate to near-light-speed velocities, and use the resulting relativistic mass to make the Alcubierre drive work.

Source: Faster-Than-Light Travel
At slower-than-light speeds the drive works the same way to accelerate capital ships to fast enough speeds to cross star systems in a reasonable amount of time.

Source: Alcubierre Drive

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