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— propulsive

/prəˈpʌlsɪv/ adjective
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propulsive

adjective

pro·​pul·​sive prə-ˈpəl-siv How to pronounce propulsive (audio)
: tending or having power to propel
propulsive force

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Fury Road is one of the most propulsive movies ever made. David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2022 The team found that the climbing lovebirds’ beaks generated as much propulsive force as their legs. Grrlscientist, Forbes, 18 May 2022 Young Blood, for all its lyrical depths of despair, is a staggeringly confident work, with King easily referencing his rock and blues forebearers including Free, Jimi Hendrix and ZZ Top, both on guitar and vocally on the propulsive, dynamic effort. Melinda Newman, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2022 These drawings — some of them made without looking at the page, others made with glue and scissors — are full of experimental zest and a propulsive, fluttery energy. Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 22 July 2022 Both designer and performer beckon the public to ceaselessly quest into the depths of modernity, all together made evermore human in our synchronous weaving together of past, present, and future that results in something entirely new and propulsive. Blythe Marks, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Aug. 2022 Mann's long relationship with his central protagonists, and fondness for research, are evident on almost every page of this propulsive universe-expansion. Clark Collis, EW.com, 9 Aug. 2022 The researchers used a force-sensing treadmill to measure the runners’ footstrikes, and saw that greater drag pulling them backwards reduced their horizontal braking forces upon landing and increased their forward propulsive forces upon push-off. Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2022 Over the propulsive instrumentals, lead singer Joe Talbot roars deeply abstract lyrics about power and morality. Dora Segall, SPIN, 3 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin prōpulsus, past participle of prōpellere "to push or thrust forward, compel to go onward" + -ive — more at propel

First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of propulsive was in 1648
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