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Antonyms for launch

Grammar : Verb
Spell : lawnch, lahnch
Phonetic Transcription : lɔntʃ, lɑntʃ


Definition of launch

Origin :
  • c.1300, "to rush, plunge, leap, start forth; to be set into sudden motion," from Old North French lancher (Old French lancier) "to fling, hurl, throw, cast," from Late Latin lanceare "wield a lance," from Latin lancea "light spear" (see lance). Sense of "set (a boat) afloat" first recorded c.1400, from notion of throwing it out on the water; generalized by 1600 to any sort of beginning. The noun meaning "a leap or a bound" is from mid-15c., from the verb. Meaning "the liftoff of a missile, spacecraft, etc." is from 1935. Launch pad attested from 1960.
  • verb send off
  • verb begin, initiate
Example sentences :
  • The strange brig had hauled up for us even before we got out the launch.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Not enough of her could be found, of which to build a launch.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Launch your arrows at me, sir, if you'll have the goodness; not at Him!'
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Then came the report of an attempt to launch an airplane from the roof of Berlin.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • Thou hast often heard me launch out in praise of her complexion.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Since eight in the morning he'd been in a launch exploring it all.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • The four boats were in a line abreast, the launch under one sail only.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • "But we have a boat," glancing his eye towards the launch that stood in the chocks or chucks.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Throw these spare sails on the roof of the launch, Saunders.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Most of the next hour was passed in prayer by those in the launch.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper

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