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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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give impulse

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

From Washington Post

They see what is possible, outline projects, and give impulse, while the people do the work.

From Education and the Higher Life by J. L. Spalding

The rational will, which is the educated will, should give impulse and guidance to all our thinking, loving, and doing.

From Education and the Higher Life by J. L. Spalding

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 Richard Crashaw

Deeds often repeated give impulse and direction to character, and these appear in the offspring as predispositions of body and mind.

From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by George Willis Cooke

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