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- n any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
- n a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
- n erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
- n propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- n sends a firework display high into the sky
- v shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
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- Many airplanes, especially heavy-laden bombers, are launched by booster (jato) rockets whose powerful push gets them into the air without too long a take-off run.
- Mahmud Hams AFP Getty Israeli officials say the strikes were necessary to force an end to the rocket attacks from Gaza, which has been ruled by the radical Islamist group Hamas .
- Two rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into Israel on Friday, prompting Israel to respond with artillery fire, Lebanese security and military officials said.