LAUNCHED

Definition: LAUNCHED

LAUNCHED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Launch

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "LAUNCHED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Death

Adjective: dead, lifeless; deceased, demised, departed, defunct, extinct; late, gone, no more; exanimate, inanimate; out of the world, taken off, released; departed this life. Verb: dead and gone; dead as a doornail, dead as a doorpost, dead as a mutton, dead as a herring, dead as nits; launched into eternity, gone to one's eternal reward, gone to meet one's maker, pushing up daisies, gathered to one's fathers, numbered with the dead.

Crosswords: LAUNCHED

This is a story of tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, when men have built a station in space, constructed in the form of a great wheel, and set a thousand miles out from the Earth, fixed by gravity, and turning about the world every two hours, serving a double purpose: an observation post in the heavens, and a place where a spaceship can be assembled, and then launched to explore other planets, and the vast universe itself, in the last and greatest adventure of mankind, the plunge toward the (Conquest of Space; writing credit: Chesley Bonestell; Willy Ley)

(speaking about Helen of Troy) Was this the face that launched a thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Illium? (Doctor Faustus; writing credit: Nevill Coghill; Christopher Marlowe)

The Largest Boat Ever Launched Sideways (1913)

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Books

• Rocket! How a Toy Launched the Space Age (reference)

• The Psychology of Self-Esteem : A Revolutionary Approach to Self-Understanding that Launched a New Era in Modern Psychology (reference)

• The Witch That Launched a Thousand Ships (Sabrina the Teenage Witch, 42) (reference)

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Surface photographs from the Soviet Venera 9 and 10 spacecraft. The Soviet Venera 9 and 10 spacecraft were launched on 8 and 14 June 1975, respectively,to do the unprecedented: place a lander on the surface of Venus and return images.The two spacecraft successfully landed a descent craft on 16 and 23 October 1975.These images were obtained on 22 and 25 October 1975. Venera 9 landed on a slopeinclined by about 30 degrees to the horizontal whereas Venera 10 was only inclinedabout 8 degrees. The two spacecraft were separated by about 2100 km. Most of the rocks in the images are between about 0.3 and 1 meter.Credit: NASA.

The Spanish tuna purse seiner F/V TXORI-EDER in the western Indian Ocean. Smaller vessel on the stern is secured to purse seine and when a school of tuna is encountered, the small boat is launched and it helps ship encircle it.Credit: Fisheries.

Part of the dory fishing fleet at Newport Beach. These small boats are launched through the surf and return to be trailered to storage areas.Credit: Fisheries.

TRIESTE II launched in 1965, next version of the record deep diving sub.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

STAR 3 launched in 1966, built by Electric Boat.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

The instrument package being launched by the balloon is shown above the sailors. In: "From the Surface to the Bottom of the Sea" by H. Bouree, 1912, Fig. 26, p. 33. Library Call Number 525.8 B77.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 53. A bottom float for studying currents in closed basins of small extent used by the Copenhagen Hydrographic Laboratory. Left:float. Right: message. This float was first conceived by George P. Bidder with the aid of the Marine Biological Association of Plymouth, U. K., and first used from the HUXLEY in 1904 when 390 were launched in the North Sea.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Making adjustments to TIROS II satellite prior to launch. Small square objects are 9,260 solar cells. TIROS II was the first meteorological satellite to have infra-red sensors as well as television cameras. It was launched November 23, 1960 and weighed 280 pounds.Credit: NOAA in Space.

Complex Number 17 at Cape Canaveral where TIROS-carrying Thor-Delta rockets were launched.Credit: NOAA in Space.

B-52 Stratofortress with Air Launched Cruise Missiles.

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When it had rained you launched spears of straw in the gutters, and you watched them.

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Health

Therefore, investigators launched a case-control investigation. (references)

In the 1960s, the U.S. Government, WHO, and other agencies launched a massive search for new antimalarial drugs. (references)

In the mid-1950s, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a massive worldwide campaign to eliminate malaria. (references)

Business

Borders also launched Borders. (references)

Dell launched the Direct Dell in India. (references)

Telcel also launched two-way pager service. (references)

Children

Hong Kong

A witness support program was launched that helps child witnesses in need. (references)

Haiti

In early September, President Aristide launched "Project Alpha," a nationwide campaign to increase the level of literacy. (references)

Ghana

In 2000 the former First Lady launched an initiative to establish the country's first women's university; however, no women's university has been established. (references)

Civil Liberties

Morocco

On April 10, the SNPM launched a national campaign to protect journalists from harassment and repression. (references)

South Africa

In June 1999, SANEF launched a media campaign to compel changes to legislation that restricts the free flow of information. (references)

Belarus

They made this decision despite the fact that Independent View was a name for a joint initiative launched by several officially registered democratic NGO's. (references)

Economic History

Norway

Bluetooth services are also being launched. (references)

Uk

It has just launched a travel agent training program. (references)

Sri Lanka

In June 2001 a domestic Internet exchange was launched. (references)

Human Rights

Lebanon

In April Hizballah launched a guided missile attack on Sheb'a Farms, killing one Israeli soldier. (references)

Comoros

Cheik Ali reportedly was denied access to defense counsel until he launched a hunger strike in protest. (references)

Afghanistan

On July 1, 2000, the Taliban launched large-scale attacks near the towns of Baghram and Charikar, approximately 30 miles north of Kabul. (references)

Indigenous People

Mexico

Indigenous rights groups launched numerous lawsuits and legal challenges to the reform's constitutionality, including 247 challenges filed in a single day by leaders of an equal number of municipalities in Oaxaca. (references)

Minorities

Slovak Republic

It also created an Interministerial Committee and launched a public relations campaign to improve the image of the office and the Roma minority in general. (references)

Slovak Republic

Several Roma organizations launched a public relations campaign to explain the importance for the Roma population to be truthful about their ethnicity in the census; these organizations feared that non-Roma commissioners would persuade Roma to claim another ethnicity. (references)

Political Economy

INDONESIA

Indonesia launched its current three-year (EEF) agreement with the IMF in January 2000. (references)

ALGERIA

In early 2001, Sonelgaz launched a 2000 MW (megawatt) Independent Power Producer (IPP) project. (references)

MOROCCO

The Customs Administration has launched a successful program to speed up the customs clearance process. (references)

Political Rights

Comoros

Between November 2 and 3, Abeid made an unsuccessful attempt to regain control of Anjouan when he launched an attack against forces loyal to the new military commission. (references)

Burma

In retaliation the junta launched a sustained and systematic campaign to destroy the NLD without formally banning it; the authorities have pressured many thousands of NLD members and local officials to resign and closed party offices throughout the country. (references)

Colombia

The FARC also are holding hostage Conservative Party congressman Oscar Lizcano, kidnaped in June 2000. In September AUC leader Carlos Castano launched the National and Democratic Movement, a quasi-political party affiliated with the AUC that plans to run or support candidates in the March 2002 congressional elections. (references)

Trade

Guyana

Several of the private banks have recently launched export financing programs. (references)

Eq. Guinea

A cellular phone service was launched in 1996 and covers a large geographical area. (references)

Botswana

As a progression of the Trade Protocol, SADC launched the SADC Free Trade Agreement on September 1, 2000. (references)

Travel

Cote D'ivoire

There is a 20,000 housing unit gap for the city of Abidjan every year, and the Ivoirian government has recently launched a bid for three projects of 4,000 housing units each. (references)

Thailand

Thailand is a member of the International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium, and maintains 2 ground stations connected to satellites over the Pacific and Indian oceans to provide convenient radio communication services . On December 17, 1992, THAICOM, the first Thai national satellite, was launched into orbit followed by THAICOM 2 on October 8, 1994, and THAICOM 3 on April 16, 1997. (references)

Women

Mali

In 1996 the Government launched a 4-year national plan of action for the promotion of women. (references)

Worker Rights

Guatemala

In July the Ministry launched a national campaign to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. (references)

Cameroon

In mid-March workers of the Naval Shipyard launched a strike following the dismissal of two labor representatives. (references)

Philippines

DOLE has launched a campaign to promote safer work environments in small enterprises called Work Improvement in Small Enterprises. (references)

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Expressions using "LAUNCHED": air launched missile ♦ be launched ♦ ground launched ♦ launched into eternity ♦ submarine launched missile. Additional references.

Ending with "LAUNCHED": air-launched, ground-launched, newly-launched, re-launched, sea-launched, submarine-launched.

Albanian

lëshohem (be launched, cave in, fail, flag, flop, go down, hibernate, lag, languish, rush on, stoop, unwind). (various references)

Chinese 

发射 (launch, launching). (various references)

Danish

ved den roerlaegningsmetode,der benytter soesaetning,bygges sektioner paa mellem 1000 og 1500 fods laengde paa land,hvorefter de soesaettes og bugseres paa plads flydende paa vandet,inden de saettes saummen med foregaaende sektioner og saenkes ned paa hav (and lowered to the bottom, by the launching method of pipelaying, jointed with the preceding section, launched and floated into place, sections varying from 1000 to 1500 ft in length are constructed on land), jordbaseret raket (ground-launched missile, land-based missile), flybårent missil (air launched missile), fladbane missil,affyret fra jordoverfladen (ground launched cruise missile). (various references)

Dutch

landraket (ground-launched missile, land-based missile), van op de grond gelanceerde kruisvluchtraket (ground launched cruise missile), op het land gestationeerde raket (ground-launched missile, land-based missile), in de lucht gelanceerd projektiel (air launched missile), bij de tewaterlatingsmethode worden stukken pijp met een lendte variërend van 1000 tot 1500 voet aan land gemonteerd,te water gelaten en drijvendop hun plaats gebracht,waar zij met voorgaande stuk worden verbonden en op de bodem worden neergelaten (and lowered to the bottom, by the launching method of pipelaying, jointed with the preceding section, launched and floated into place, sections varying from 1000 to 1500 ft in length are constructed on land). (various references)

Finnish

lähteä teloiltaan (be launched, leave the slipway), ilmasta laukaistava ohjus (air launched missile). (various references)

French

lancés, lancées, lancée, lancé, lancèrent, lançai. (various references)

German

lancierte, abgeschossen (downed, killed). (various references)

Greek 

κατευθυνόμενο βλήμα εκτοξευόμενο από αεροσκάφος (air launched missile), στη μέθοδο τοποθετήσεως με καθέλκυση και επίπλευση,τμήματα των αγωγών,μήκους 1.000 έως 1.500 ποδών κατασκευάζονται στην ξηρά καθελ-κύονται και (by the launching method of pipelaying, launched and floated into place, sections varying from 1000 to 1500 ft in length are constructed on land), βλήμα που εκτοξεύεται από το έδαφος (ground-launched missile, land-based missile), πύραυλος Kρουζ που εκτοξεύεται από το έδαφος (ground launched cruise missile), πύραυλος Kρουζ εδάφους (ground launched cruise missile), πύραυλος που εκτοξεύεται από το έδαφος (ground-launched missile, land-based missile), πύραυλος εδάφους (ground-launched missile, land-based missile). (various references)

Hungarian

földi indítású (ground launched). (various references)

Italian

lanciato. (various references)

Korean 

발사하�" (fired). (various references)

Manx

tilgit (cast, miscarried, projected, shed, spewed, thrown, vomited), lhunysit, ceaut (bygone; effete; thrown, jaded, spent, worn). (various references)

Pig Latin

aunchedlay

Portuguese

míssil lançado em vôo (air launched missile). (various references)

Russian 

запускать запущенный. (various references)

Spanish

misil lanzado en vuelo (air launched missile), en el metodo de tendido de conducciones por lanzamiento y flotacion se construyen en tierra secciones de tuberia de 1000 a 1500 pies de longitud se lanzan al agua y se arrastran flotando hasta el lugar de su instalacion, se unen con la seccion precedente (and lowered to the bottom, by the launching method of pipelaying, jointed with the preceding section, launched and floated into place, sections varying from 1000 to 1500 ft in length are constructed on land). (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "LAUNCHED": relaunched. (additional references)

Misspellings

"LAUNCHED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: launchd, launchen, Leuchand, Liuchow, paunched. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: lunched, unlaced.

-2 letters: candle, caudle, cedula, cuneal, handle, hauled, lacune, lanced, launce, launch, nuchae, nuchal, unclad, unlace, unlade, unlead.

-3 letters: ached, acned, adunc, caned, cauld, chela, clade, clean, clued, dance, decal, ducal, dunce, dunch, eland, haled, hance, laced, laden, lance, leach, lehua, lunch, naled, nucha, uhlan, ulnad, ulnae, uncle, unled.

-4 letters: aced, ache, acne, alec, auld, cade, cane, caul, chad, clad, clan, clue, cued, dace, dahl, dale, deal, dean, dhal, dual, duce, duel, dune, each, elan, hade, haed, haen, hale, hand, haul, head, heal, held, hued, hula, lace, lade, land, lane, laud, lead, lean, lech, lend, leud, luce, lude, luna, lune, nude, ulan, ulna, unde.

-5 letters: ace, ale, and, ane, cad, can, cel, cud, cue, dah, dal, del, den, due, duh, dun, eau, ecu, edh, eld, end, had, hae, hen, hue, hun, lac, lad, lea, led, leu, nae, nah.

+1 letter: unlatched.

+2 letters: relaunched, unbleached, unshackled.

+3 letters: knucklehead, thunderclap, unchanneled.

+4 letters: hallucinated, housecleaned, knuckleheads, thunderclaps, unchallenged.

+5 letters: knuckleheaded, multibranched, unchlorinated.

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