propulsive

adjective

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

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Later, when recording with Jackson, Jones also employed the latest keyboard and programming technology to make propulsive records that still cut through at radio three decades later. Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024 Only two years later, James McAvoy returns to horror with an all-star remake that pedals down on some of the bleakness to create something much more deliriously propulsive. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024 The screenwriter Peter Straughan and the director Edward Berger (whose previous movie, All Quiet on the Western Front, landed a Best Picture Oscar nomination) have constructed a propulsive psychological thriller that doubles as a blatant election-year allegory. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024 This method makes the doc easy to follow for those unfamiliar with contemporary Japanese society while giving Black Box Diaries the propulsive rhythm of, ironically, a procedural. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for propulsive 

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

Time Traveler
The first known use of propulsive was in 1648

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“Propulsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propulsive. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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