propel
[verb]
Synonyms: drive, force, impel, launch, push, send, shoot, shove, thrust

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pro‧pel /prəˈpel/ verb (past tense and past participle propelled, present participle propelling) [transitive]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: propellere, from pellere 'to drive']

1. to move, drive, or push something forward ⇒ propulsion:
a boat propelled by a small motor
One of our students was unable to propel her wheelchair up the ramp.
propel yourself along/through etc
She used the sticks to propel herself along.

2. written to make someone move in a particular direction, especially by pushing them:
He took her arm and propelled her towards the door.

3. to move someone into a new situation or make them do something
propel somebody to/into something
The film propelled her to stardom.
Company directors were propelled into action.

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