propulsive
adjective
pro·pul·sive
prə-ˈpəl-siv 
: tending or having power to propel
propulsive force
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The propulsive sometimes ominous orchestral music score from Sharon Farber stresses the points being made.
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Alissa Simon, Variety, 24 Mar. 2025
The director borrows from different genres — nostalgic Westerns, propulsive crime thrillers, high-stakes heist films and even musicals — to tell this winding tale about what makes a place and its people feel like home.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
Other objectives included testing a Nokia LTE 4G communications system and deploying a propulsive drone capable of hopping across the lunar surface.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
All that effort coalesced into an assault that runs with metronomic smoothness and offers up the propulsive destruction that defines this franchise.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
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Alissa Simon, Variety, 24 Mar. 2025
The director borrows from different genres — nostalgic Westerns, propulsive crime thrillers, high-stakes heist films and even musicals — to tell this winding tale about what makes a place and its people feel like home.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
Other objectives included testing a Nokia LTE 4G communications system and deploying a propulsive drone capable of hopping across the lunar surface.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
All that effort coalesced into an assault that runs with metronomic smoothness and offers up the propulsive destruction that defines this franchise.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Propulsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propulsive. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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