launch
noun
a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
the act of propelling with force
Synonymslaunching
verb
set up or found
“She set up a literacy program”
propel with force
“launch the space shuttle”
“Launch a ship”
launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
“launch a ship”
begin with vigor
“He launched into a long diatribe”
“She plunged into a dangerous adventure”
Synonymsplungeget going; give impetus to
“launch a career”
“Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process”
Synonymsset in motionsmoothen the surface of
“launch plaster”
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University