See propel in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To set or keep going:
actuate, drive, impel, mobilize, move, run. See moveTo launch with great force:
fire, hurtle, loose, project, shoot. Idiom: let fly. See moveTo force to move or advance with or as if with blows or pressure:
drive, push, ram, shove, thrust. See moveTo stir to action or feeling:
egg on, excite, foment, galvanize, goad, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, pique, prick, prod, prompt, provoke, set off, spur, stimulate, touch off, trigger, work up. See cause, excite
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