PROPELLED Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

propelled

verb

past tense of propel

as in pushed

to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one playfully he propelled his rambunctious friend into the swimming pool to cool off

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as in drove

to set or keep in motion the aircraft is propelled by a pair of turboprop engines

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Recent Examples of propelled Saturday's mission was the seventh flight for the SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage that propelled the cargo ship toward orbit. —

Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2026 Food editor Gail Ciampa explains what propelled Pizza Mamma to victory from the initial bracket of 32 pizzerias, toppling even James Beard Award winner Al Forno. —

Kathleen Hill, The Providence Journal, 11 Apr. 2026 Holmgren scored 24 points in the first half and propelled the Thunder to an early 25-point lead. —

CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026 In a new experiment, international researchers from ESA, the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), and Khalifa University (UAE) have demonstrated that superlight graphene aerogels can be propelled by lasers in microgravity. —

Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026 Democrats appear on track to do well in this year’s midterm elections, propelled by growing anti-Trump sentiment. —

Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026 In the South Coast Conference, Colin McKay (four goals, one assist), Matt Frias (three goals, one assist), and Joe Procaccini (four assists) all propelled Apponequet to a 9-4 victory over Seekonk. —

Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026 The translunar injection burn, which lasted several minutes, is the most critical engine firing of the mission and propelled the spacecraft out of Earth’s orbit and onto a path that will carry the crew around the moon and back to Earth. —

Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026 The gallery below also has an inside-look at the giant Space Launch System rocket that propelled the Artemis II mission into space and the astronauts during prelaunch procedures. —

Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026

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The confirmation of the 2035 bid, submitted jointly by England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, was also pushed back to form part of the same event.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Toronto then pushed their lead into the 20s early in the fourth.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026