launch

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Among the events planned for the launch are a Dress Up Dead costume contest and the chance to play the game before the launch at midnight on Friday.

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  1. transitive verb To throw or propel with force; hurl: launch a spear.
  2. transitive verb To set or thrust (a self-propelled craft or projectile) in motion: launch a rocket; launch a torpedo.
  3. transitive verb Nautical To put (a boat) into the water in readiness for use.

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  • Japan, South Korea and the U.S. suspect the launch is actually a missile test and Japan has set up a complex monitoring network.
  • South Korea, Japan and others suspect the launch is a guise for testing the regime's long-range missile technology _ a step toward eventually mounting a nuclear weapon on a missile capable of reaching Alaska and beyond.
  • North Korea insists the launch is a peaceful move to develop its space program, and informed international aviation and maritime authorities liftoff would take place sometime between April 4 and 8, between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. But the U.S.,
  • Japan and others suspect the launch is a guise for testing the regime's long-range missile technology - a step toward eventually mounting a nuclear weapon on a missile capable of reaching Alaska and beyond. —  Starbulletin Headlines
  • Korea, Japan and others suspect the launch is a guise for testing the regime's long-range missile technology - a step toward eventually mounting a nuclear weapon on a missile capable of reaching Alaska and beyond. —  Starbulletin Headlines
 

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shuttle ·  aircraft ·  missile ·  transport ·  emergency ·  release ·  deployment ·  pilot ·  transfer ·  installation ·  helicopter ·  carrier

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launch:   launching ·  launched ·  launches
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English launchen, from Old North French lancher, from Latin lanceāre, to wield a lance, from lancea, lance; see lance.
  2. Probably alteration (probably influenced by launch1) of Malay lancha.

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  1. Also lanch; from Middle English lanchen, launchen, variant of lancen, launcen, lawncen, from Old French lanchier, variant of lancier, French lancer = Provencal lansar = Spanish lanzar = Portuguese lauçar = Italian lanciare, hurl as a lance: see lance, of which lanch, launch, is a mere variant, now partly differentiated in use.
  2. Also lanch; from Middle English launche, lawnche; from launch, v.
 

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