Jam and Launch

Jam

Jam verb - To fit (people or things) into a tight space.

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Launch and jam are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Launch" instead a verb "Jam".

Nearby Word: jamming

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

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Jam and launch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Jam" instead a verb "Launch".

Nearby Words: launched, launching, launcher, launchable

When Lone Starr and Barf try to "jam" the radar on Spaceball One, they launch a giant jar of jam at Spaceball One's radar dish, causing raspberry jam to leak out of the control panels.

Source: Visual Pun
It turns out to actually be the device that overrides the frequency jam on the Penguin's radio signal to his pet penguins to launch their missiles at Gotham City, and as a result the penguins fire their missiles at Penguin's own hideout, completely destroying it.

Source: Epic Fail / Film
In the final battle of Battle Tendency, Joseph Jostar defeats Kars by defending himself from an attack with the Stone of Aja, which he wasn't even aware he had, and having the resulting explosion jam debris into Kars's arm and launch him into space.

Source: Xanatos Speed Chess

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