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give impulse

VERB

begin

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commence create do establish found go ahead go into inaugurate initiate introduce launch lead make open prepare produce set up start undertake

STRONG

activate actualize cause drive effect eventuate generate impel induce instigate institute motivate mount occasion originate trigger

WEAK

break ground break the ice bring about bring to pass embark on enter on enter upon get going give birth to lay foundation for make active plunge into set about set in motion

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease close conclude destroy end fail finish halt ignore lose neglect ruin stop

STRONG

check discourage dissuade prevent repress

WEAK

complete consummate die

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Rousseff thanked Lula and promised dialogue and political reform to fight corruption and give impulse to economic growth.

From Washington Post

He was long a notable figure in university life, one of those picturesque characters who by their very being give impulse to aspiring mortals and check 285 the ever-encroaching commonplace.

From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Palmer, Alice Freeman

A mere dip of the paddles now and then served to give impulse to the light, and literal, bark.

From The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

The extent to which the deliberations and utterances of this congress may regulate the development of society or give impulse to succeeding generations, it is impossible to estimate, but not unreasonable to anticipate.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various

Thus from all sides came potent influences of personal friendship—of his friends and associates more onward—to give impulse and momentum to Crashaw's mystical Roman-Catholic sympathies.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

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