Definition of propulsive
: tending or having power to propel
- propulsive force
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Good thing too, because the book is propulsive and sly and studded with memorable moments that feel irresistibly wise.
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The new rocket had the capability to perform a propulsive landing, and on its maiden flight the new booster made the company’s first safe landing by returning to the Florida coast.
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Like Blue Origin's suborbital New Shepard rocket, New Glenn is designed to be largely reusable thanks to vertical propulsive landings.
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Which is so much to do with eliding the boring part of the story and getting into the propulsive part of the narrative.
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There was momentum in the air, and a propulsive energy.
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The propulsive music is experimental pop by Benjamin Clementine.
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Westover has written about her evolution in a beautiful and propulsive new memoir, Educated.
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This origin story possesses urgency and genuine propulsive interest most others lack.
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Origin and Etymology of propulsive
Latin propulsus, past participle of propellere
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