launching
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Definitions oflaunching
- To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
- To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
- To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
Example: "The navy launched another ship."
- To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
Example: "NASA launched several unmanned rockets before launching any of the Mercury astronauts."
- To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
Example: "Our business launched a new project."
- To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
Example: "Double-click an icon to launch the associated application."
- To release; to put onto the market for sale
- Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
- (often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
Example: "to launch into an argument or discussion"
- (of a program) To start to operate.
Example: "After clicking the icon, the application will launch."
- The act by which something is launched; a launch.
Example: "The launching of the Titanic."
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