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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

Such are the men whom Providence ordains to give impulse to society, and effect great and useful reforms.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John

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'

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)

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