as in launch
a rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket) everyone was quiet in the control room as they waited for lift-off

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Recent Examples on the Web The company will livestream the launch, starting about 35 minutes before liftoff. Wes Davis, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2024 If the mission were to launch Sunday, NASA's preset liftoff time is 12:12 p.m. ET. Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024 The booster anomaly could be seen in long-range tracking camera views when a shower of sparks and what looked like debris fell away from the right-side SRB 37 seconds after liftoff. William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024 The Fed compensated with aggressive tightening, triggering a recession 10 months after liftoff. Hakyung Kim,brian Evans, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for liftoff 

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“Liftoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liftoff. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.

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