propel
pro|pel /prəp'el/ (propels propelling propelled)
1 [VERB] V n prep
To propel something in a particular direction means to cause it to move in that direction.
The tiny rocket is attached to the spacecraft and is designed to propel it toward Mars.
[COMB in ADJ]
-propelled combines with nouns to form adjectives which indicate how something, especially a weapon, is propelled.
...rocket-propelled grenades.
2 [VERB] V n prep, be V-ed
If something propels you into a particular activity, it causes you to do it.
It was a shooting star that propelled me into astronomy in the first place...
He is propelled by both guilt and the need to avenge his father.
1 [VERB] V n prep
To propel something in a particular direction means to cause it to move in that direction.
The tiny rocket is attached to the spacecraft and is designed to propel it toward Mars.
[COMB in ADJ]
-propelled combines with nouns to form adjectives which indicate how something, especially a weapon, is propelled.
...rocket-propelled grenades.
2 [VERB] V n prep, be V-ed
If something propels you into a particular activity, it causes you to do it.
It was a shooting star that propelled me into astronomy in the first place...
He is propelled by both guilt and the need to avenge his father.