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Word entry · 6 letters

propel

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"Drive forward"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /pɹəˈpɛl/Part of speech verbSorted elopprStarts with PEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2R3O4P5E6L

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Filled answer is this word (PROPEL).

Definitions

  1. cause to move forward with force

Word origin

From Middle English propellen (“drive out, expel”), from Latin propellō, from pro- (“forward”) and pellō (“to push, to move”).

Used in a sentence

  • When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
  • This tunnel assumed some measure of importance during the second world war, when it was used nightly as an air raid shelter for multiple unit electric trains which were propelled over the branch by a steam engine.
  • Primary mass relays can propel ships thousands of light years, often from one spiral arm of the galaxy to another.

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