Definition of propulsive
: tending or having power to propel
- propulsive force
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That sort of tactical agility has been a propulsive force in Capela’s development.
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And yet the movie, for all of Schrader’s attempts to control its breathing, to hold things in reserve, becomes unexpectedly propulsive.
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Directed with elan by Dawn M. Simmons and featuring buoyantly propulsive choreography by Jean Appolon.
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The viewers only feel the propulsive energy and freewheeling expression of his announcing.
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Woodward has theorized a propulsive device of his own called the Mach Effect Thruster, which the Dresden group also tested.
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And what better way to celebrate than strapping on your own pair of propulsive shoes and going in circles yourself?
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Designer Emma Kingsbury’s rippling curtains and burbling videos pair with Nicholas Rayment’s shimmery dark lighting and Jeff Beal’s propulsive eponymous score.
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Most drove his players to such heights of propulsive energy that at its conclusion the audience responded with a thunderous roar, calling Welser-Most back four times.
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Origin and Etymology of propulsive
Latin propulsus, past participle of propellere
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