Going all out like this is going to propel me right into an all-or-nothing struggle.
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Propel
//pɹəˈpɛl//
Synonyms for "propel" (78 found)
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42 translations across 18 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- առաջ մղել verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
- խթանել verb (to make to arrive to a certain situation or result)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бутам verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
- движа verb (to make to arrive to a certain situation or result)
- карам verb (to make to arrive to a certain situation or result)
- тласкам verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
Catalan
1 entries- propulsar verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 推進 /推进 verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
- 迫使 verb (to make to arrive to a certain situation or result)
- 驅使 /驱使 verb (to make to arrive to a certain situation or result)
Czech
4 entries- hnát verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
- hnát verb (to make to arrive to a certain situation or result)
- pohánět verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
- pohánět verb (to make to arrive to a certain situation or result)
Esperanto
1 entries- propulsi verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
Finnish
4 entries- aiheuttaa verb (to make to arrive to a certain situation or result)
- johdattaa verb (to make to arrive to a certain situation or result)
- kuljettaa verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
- liikuttaa verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
French
3 entries- catapulter verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
- catapulter verb (to make to arrive to a certain situation or result)
- propulser verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
German
1 entries- antreiben verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
Ido
2 entries- movar verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
- propulsar verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
Italian
3 entries- catapultare verb (to make to arrive to a certain situation or result)
- propellere verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
- spingere verb (to make to arrive to a certain situation or result)
Latin
1 entries- prōpellō verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
Māori
3 entries- tītoko verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
- whakaneke verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
- whakawhana verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
Portuguese
1 entries- propulsar verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
Russian
2 entries- дви́гать verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
- продвига́ть verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- cuir air adhart verb (to make to arrive to a certain situation or result)
- spàrr verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
Spanish
3 entries- impulsar verb (to make to arrive to a certain situation or result)
- propeler verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
- propeler verb (to make to arrive to a certain situation or result)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kärsk verb (to cause to move in a certain direction)
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Sledge hockey is a variation of ice hockey intended for disabled athletes, who sit on aluminium sledges with attached skate blades. The players each use two spiked fibreglass hockey sticks both to propel themselves forward and to pass the puck or shoot it towards the goal.
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Economic diversification will propel Algeria into the post-oil era.
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LightSail 2 is the latest demonstration of solar sail technology, which uses the gentle pressure of photons — the particles of light — on a lightweight, reflective surface to propel a craft through space, similar to the way the wind pushes a sailing ship across the ocean.
Source: tatoeba (8125261)
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