Drive and Launch

Drive

Drive verb - To cause to function.

Usage example: machinery driven by waterpower

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Launch and drive are semantically related in move topic. In some cases you can use "Launch" instead a verb "Drive", when it comes to topics like send forth.

Nearby Words: driving, driven, driver, driveway

Launch

Launch verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.

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Synonyms for Launch

Antonyms for Launch

Drive and launch are semantically related in move topic. Sometimes you can use "Drive" instead a verb "Launch", if it concerns topics such as send forth, send off.

Nearby Words: launched, launching, launcher, launchable

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

people	drive people	launch people
way	drive way	launch way
enemy	drive enemy	launch enemy
enemies	drive enemies	launch enemies
Other words: ships.

Both words in one sentence

But only because the humans didn't see eight hundred petawatt launching lasers, magnetic rail launch cannons, and fusion drive engine exhaust plumes as weapons anymore.

Source: Curb Stomp Battle / Literature
It starts off with the launch of Earth's first interstellar spacecraft: two American built, one European, designed using a Canadian star drive.

Source: Literature / Spinneret
This explains how a marginally-better drive allows the Tantalus to overtake her sister ship and arrive first despite the late launch.

Source: Videogame / Alien Legacy

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