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liftoff

or lift-off

[ lift-awf, -of ]

noun

  1. Aeronautics, Rocketry.
    1. the action of an aircraft in becoming airborne or of a rocket in rising from its launching site under its own power.
    2. the instant when such action occurs.
  2. Informal. the launching or commencement of a project, plan, etc.:

    The liftoff of the sales campaign will be next month.



adjective

  1. able to be shifted or removed by lifting off; capable of being lifted off:

    I organized the workshop with these liftoff adhesive labels for bins and shelves.

    We used magnetic liftoff nameplates on the lockers.

liftoff

/ ˈlɪftˌɒf /

noun

  1. the initial movement or ascent of a rocket from its launch pad
  2. the instant at which this occurs


verb

  1. intr, adverb (of a rocket) to leave its launch pad

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Word History and Origins

Origin of liftoff1

First recorded in 1955–60; noun and adjective use of verb phrase lift off

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Example Sentences

He personally designed part of the training program, which in part called for flying each crew member in his Soviet MiG-29, exposing them to the kinds of g-forces they’ll experience during liftoff and re-entry.

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Chips got faster, cheaper and more efficient, eventually achieving a kind of social liftoff—powering computers that fit in a pocket.

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Aftermath of the liftoff of the SpaceX Crew-2 mission taking four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA.

The liftoff should be thunderous—rattling windows and shaking loose plaster in nearby buildings as the Saturn V once did—and the lunar journeys should be wondrous.

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Such an early-afternoon liftoff would give the craft’s solar panel enough time to charge up its batteries for the flight.

She watched the liftoff from a boat floating down the Banana River near the launch site in Florida.

Every joke was tweaked and reworked multiple times to achieve maximum comic liftoff.

They tell Sandra McElwaine about their orbital road trip ahead of Scott's liftoff this week.

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