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Definition
cause to move forward (to push or encourage)
- His leg pains flared up, flashed through his body, and the laundry odors, the steamy stench, all at once sickened him, picked him up and propelled him out the door.3 — Answer (40% in)
- It is a mind propelled by emotional response to memory and frustration; consequently, however wise her admonishments might be, they fail to inspire resolve, unless it would be the resolve to retaliate by hurting her in your next letter.2 — Persons Unknown (85% in)
There are no more uses of "propel" in In Cold Blood.
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