| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To force to move or advance with or as if with blows or pressure: drive, push, ram, shove, thrust. See MOVE. 2. To set or keep going: actuate, drive, impel, mobilize, move, run. See MOVE. 3. To stir to action or feeling: egg on, excite, foment, galvanize, goad, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, pique, prick, prod, prompt, provoke, set off, spur, stimulate, touch off, trigger, work up. See CAUSE, EXCITE. 4. To launch with great force: fire, hurtle, loose, project, shoot. Idioms: let fly. See MOVE.
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