[
US
/ˈɫɔntʃ/
]
[ UK /lˈɔːntʃ/ ]
[ UK /lˈɔːntʃ/ ]
VERB
-
get going; give impetus to
launch a career
Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process -
smoothen the surface of
launch plaster -
begin with vigor
He launched into a long diatribe
She plunged into a dangerous adventure -
set up or found
She set up a literacy program -
launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
launch a ship -
propel with force
launch the space shuttle
Launch a ship
NOUN
- the act of propelling with force
- a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
How To Use launch In A Sentence
- In 2005, the Mugabe government launched what it called a slum clearance scheme, that bulldozed major shantytowns, brutally displacing hundreds of thousands of people. CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2007
- But he likes the feeling of pride he gets when marshaling a bomber plane to the runway for a launch - no matter the weather.
- A space telescope will be launched in ten or 11 years to look for clues. The Sun
- Our marketing people have come up with a great idea for the launch of the new model.
- The two nuclear-powered vessels limped home as both navies launched top-level inquiries. The Sun
- The band are hoping to relaunch their career with a new song and a new image.
- We have a report that four unidentified persons have set up a rocket launcher two hundred yards west of seventeenth green.
- Nick managed to move his battered body quickly enough to launch his own counter-blast, successfully stalemating the battleship's beam.
- The launch was held at a press conference at which graphic footage of foxhunting, staghunting and hare coursing was also released.
- As they go into battle, simultaneous armoured thrusts will be launched from Kuwait and Turkey.
