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rocket engine

noun as in jet engine with reaction propulsion

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A rocket manufacturer has successfully tested rocket engines at a space port on Shetland.

From BBC

During a test of a Harpoon anti-ship missile, its booster — the rocket engine that launches the missile — was “activated” but not ignited, and then it could not be deactivated, the Danish military said.

The Talon, powered by a liquid-fuel rocket engine, ended its flight by descending into the ocean as planned.

Murphy retired from racing in the late 1970s and became a buyer for Rocketdyne, a rocket engine company in Los Angeles.

An accurate replica of the rocket engine will be launched and actors will depict members of Butler’s fictional Earthseed community from her “Parable” novels.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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