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Synonyms:
- jerks, launches, catapults, compels, pokes, urges, dragoons, galvanizes, knocks, impels, chucks, prods, hijacks, flicks, shoves, moves, flings, pushes, shoots, dictates, nags, bumps, browbeats, foments, induces, pelts, prompts, bunts, forces, pressures, mandates, nudges, butts, goads, jolts, bulldozes, punches, precipitates, instigates, sparks, intimidates, shunts, obliges, causes, inspires, stimulates, projects, magnetizes, hurls, cants, throws, provokes, strikes, drives, slings, coerces, tosses, pitches, casts, stresses, rams, lobs, motivates, triggers, thrusts, heaves, bowls, energizes, bullies, presses, hastens, encourages, jostles, hurtles, ferments, incites, daunts, fires, jogs, entices
Examples:
- - It carries our messages round the world- under the deepest seas, over the highest mountains, to every continent, and to every great city; it lights up our streets and public halls; it drives our engines and propels our trains. - "A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 (of 2)", John Miller Dow Meiklejohn
- - When we say heart we have come to mean something more than the hollow muscular structure that propels the blood through the veins. - "Fanny Herself", Edna Ferber
- - These inhabitants of the elements, or " nature- spirits," may, or may not be, conscious of the existence of man; oftentimes feeling him merely as a force which propels, or arrests them; for by his will and by his thought, he acts upon the astral currents of the aerial world in which they live; and by the use of his hands he sways the material elements of earth, fire, and water wherein they are established. - "The Best Psychic Stories", Various
