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propelling (root: propel)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective propelling has 1 sense
- propelling(s = adj.all) propellant, propellent, propulsive - tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of propulsive thought"
THESAURUS
propelling
active, bunt, butt, drive, driving, driving force, impelling, impulsion, in motion, mobile, motile, motivational, motive, motive power, motor, moving, propellant, propelment, propulsion, propulsive, propulsory, pulsion, pulsive, push, pushing, shove, shoving, shunt, stirring, thrust, transitional, travelingROGET THESAURUS
propelling
Propulsion
N propulsion, projection, propelment, vis a tergo, force from behind, push, shove, ejaculate, ejection, throw, fling, toss, shot, discharge, shy, launch, release, projectiles, ballistics, archery, propeller, screw, twin screws, turbine, jet engine, missile, projectile, ball, discus, quoit, brickbat, shot, arrow, gun, ballista, countdown, windup, shooter, shot, archer, toxophilite, bowman, rifleman, marksman, good shot, crack shot, sharpshooter, propelled, propelling, propulsive, projectile.
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