LIFTOFF

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("liftoff" is a kind of...):

ascension; ascent; rise; rising (a movement upward)

Derivation:

lift off (depart from the ground)

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