4
stimulus(noun, push, pressure, thrust, impelling force)
4
surge(noun, push, pressure, thrust, stimulus)
4
urge(noun, compulsion, motive)
3
motive power(noun, expression, idiom, power, pressure)
3
catalyst(noun, motive)
3
horsepower(noun, force, thrust, momentum, impulsion)
3
incitement(noun, compulsion)
3
jolt(noun, advance, attack, offensive, impulse)
3
punch(noun, force, push, thrust, shove)
2
boost(noun, push, shove, impulse, prod)
2
butt(noun, advance, attack, offensive)
2
discharge(flood, deluge, regression, inundation, overabundance)
2
effort(noun, force, advance, attack, offensive)
2
ejection(noun, pitch, thrust, fling, regression)
2
fling(noun, pitch, thrust, regression)
2
heave(noun, pitch, thrust, fling)
2
incentive(noun, pressure, stimulus)
2
launching(noun, pitch, thrust, fling)
2
lob(noun, pitch, thrust, fling)
2
lunge(noun, push, thrust, shove, prod)
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