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All break ground synonyms

break ground
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verb break ground

  • do β€” Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
  • inaugurate β€” to make a formal beginning of; initiate; commence; begin: The end of World War II inaugurated the era of nuclear power.
  • prepare β€” to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
  • lead β€” to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
  • launch β€” to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
  • make β€” to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • go into β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • introduce β€” to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
  • go ahead β€” permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
  • initiate β€” to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.
  • produce β€” to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • undertake β€” to take upon oneself, as a task, performance, etc.; attempt: She undertook the job of answering all the mail.
  • set up β€” the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
  • found β€” simple past tense and past participle of find.
  • create β€” To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
  • open β€” not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
  • commence β€” When something commences or you commence it, it begins.
  • smash β€” to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
  • shove β€” to move along by force from behind; push.
  • rake β€” inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
  • cultivate β€” If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
  • bulldoze β€” If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
  • reap β€” to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
  • generate β€” to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
  • activate β€” If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.
  • institute β€” to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
  • actualize β€” to make actual or real
  • mount β€” to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
  • originate β€” to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise: The practice originated during the Middle Ages.
  • drive β€” to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
  • induce β€” to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
  • effect β€” something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
  • impel β€” to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
  • trigger β€” a small projecting tongue in a firearm that, when pressed by the finger, actuates the mechanism that discharges the weapon.
  • occasion β€” a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
  • motivate β€” to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
  • cause β€” a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • instigate β€” to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
  • trench β€” Richard Chenevix [shen-uh-vee] /ΛˆΚƒΙ›n Ι™ vi/ (Show IPA), 1807–86, English clergyman and scholar, born in Ireland.
  • rush β€” to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
  • ridge β€” a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
  • till β€” up to the time of; until: to fight till death.
  • farm β€” processor farm
  • list β€” Friedrich [free-drik] /ˈfri drΙͺk/ (Show IPA), 1789–1846, U.S. political economist and journalist, born in Germany.
  • break β€” When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
  • turn β€” to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • push β€” to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
  • harvest β€” Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
  • harrow β€” a borough of Greater London, in SE England.
  • furrow β€” a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
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