launch1
• verb 1 move (a boat or ship) from land into the water. 2 send out or hurl (a rocket or other missile). 3 begin (an enterprise) or introduce (a new product). 4 (launch into) begin energetically and enthusiastically. • noun an act or instance of launching. — ORIGIN Old French launcher, variant of lancier ‘to lance’.
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