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

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 Cooke, George Willis

How can it give impulse to matter, how set it in motion?

From The System of Nature, Volume 2 by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

No competent subordinate sits around waiting for someone else to give impulse to movement if his senses tell him that things are going to pot.

From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense

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