Ascent and Liftoff

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Ascent noun - The act or an instance of rising or climbing up.

Usage example: our plane broke through some heavy low clouds during its ascent and leveled off once we were above them

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Liftoff and ascent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Liftoff" instead a noun "Ascent".

Liftoff noun - A rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket).

Usage example: everyone was quiet in the control room as they waited for lift-off

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Ascent and liftoff are semantically related. You can use "Ascent" instead a noun "Liftoff".

His facade also briefly parted during liftoff and ascent of John Glenn's Mercury space-capsule flight.

Source: Not So Stoic

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