Assume
Assume verb - To take to or upon oneself.
Launch and assume are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Launch" instead a verb "Assume".
Nearby Words: assumption, assuming
Launch
Launch verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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WarGames. If power to the master computer is cut, the silos would assume that Cheyenne Mountain had been nuked (since they are at Defcon 1), and launch their missiles in response.
Source: Cut the Juice - The computer tech explains that if the slave computers in the missile silos don't recieve a signal from the master, they will assume that the master computer and NORAD are destroyed, and spin up and launch everything.
Source: Failsafe Failure
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