launch

Noun

• the act of propelling with force

• a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck

Verb

• smoothen the surface of
  • launch plaster
    

• get going; give impetus to
  • launch a career
    
  • Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process
    

• begin with vigor
  • He launched into a long diatribe
    
  • She plunged into a dangerous adventure
    

• launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
  • launch a ship
    

• propel with force
  • launch the space shuttle
    
  • Launch a ship
    

• set up or found
  • She set up a literacy program
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  launching , set in motion , plunge , establish , set up , found
• Antonyms: 
  abolish , get rid of