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blast off
| Main Entry: |
blast off
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take off |
| Synonyms: | ascend, climb, launch, rise, rocket, soar up |
| Antonyms: | drop, fall |
| Main Entry: | origin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning, inception |
| Synonyms: | alpha, birth, blast off, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, day one, early stage, embarkation, emergence, entrance, entry, forging, foundation, genesis, git go, inauguration, ingress, initiation, introduction, launch, nativity, opener, origination, outbreak, outset, rise, square one, start, starting point |
| Antonyms: | close, completion, conclusion, death, end, finale, termination |
| Main Entry: | rise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get up; ascend |
| Synonyms: | arise, arouse, aspire, awake, be erect, be located, be situated, blast off, bob up, climb, come up, get out of bed, get steeper, get to one's feet, go uphill, grow, have foundation, levitate, lift, mount, move up, pile out, push up, reach up, rise and shine, rise up, rocket, roll out, rouse, scale, sit up, slope upwards, soar, sprout, stand up, straighten up, surface, surge, surmount, sweep upward, tower, turn out, up*, upspring |
| Notes: | to raise is 'to bring something up'; to rise is 'to get up' |
| Antonyms: | descend, lower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | take off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave; leave the ground |
| Synonyms: | ascend, bear, beat it, become airborne, begone, blast off, blow*, clear out, decamp, depart, disappear, exit, get off, get out, go, go away, head, hightail, hit the road, hit the trail, lift off, light out, make*, pull out, quit, scram, set out, shove off, soar, split, take to the air, vamoose, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | arrive, come, stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | liftoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rocket launch |
| Synonyms: | blast-off, rocket firing, rocket ignition, shot, take-off |
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