LAUNCHED Synonyms: 134 Similar and Opposite Words

launched

verb

past tense of launch

as in founded

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of after retiring, he launched a small company devoted to making medical devices

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as in began

to take the first step in (a process or course of action) she launched a career in journalism after quitting acting school

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as in threw

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm infantrymen launching grenades at the nest of machine gunners

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Recent Examples of launched Traditional tendencies were given license to run wild starting in the 1980s, when China’s communist government launched an era of breakneck economic liberalization. —

Chris Lau, CNN Money, 18 May 2026 Two new literary awards, Books of Freedom by Freedom Letters, and Dar, organized by writer Mikhail Shishkin, have been launched explicitly to honor Russian-language books that cannot be published in Russia. —

Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 But public opinion has flipped since 2023, when Israel, in retaliation for Hamas’s October 7th attack, launched a military campaign in Gaza. —

Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 Noe launched Little Book in 2017 as a tribute to his grandfather, the legendary master distiller Booker Noe. —

Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 17 May 2026 Cahoon launched the organization after her daughter Lily, born at 24 weeks and five days, died after three-and-a-half months in the NICU. —

ABC News, 17 May 2026 Ukraine launched one of its largest drone barrages of the war, killing at least three people near Moscow and another in Belgorod and wounding a dozen more, officials said. —

Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026 Using the car and an insurance policy as collateral, the women launched their business. —

Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 17 May 2026 Tahiti has launched a program called Fāri’ira’a Manihini 2027 to guide inclusive, sustainable tourism. —

Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026

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Two of Rubén’s older sons, who married Russian acrobats during international stints, broke off and founded their own troupe as Circus Caballero.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026
The project is also a big venture for Blink49 Studios, the banner founded in 2021 by international TV veteran Morayniss, an alum of Entertainment One and Alliance Atlantis.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 May 2026