Definition of "launching" []

• Present participle of launch. (verb)

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• "Pyongyang has said that if Washington tries to punish it for what it calls the launching of a communications satellite, not a missile, it will quit six-nation nuclear disarmament talks and restart its plutonium-producing nuclear facilities."
• "Although I technically 'use' the start menu in Windows 7, I don't actually see it very often as keystroke launching is so quick and effective that the menu barely has time to draw on screen before the application is launching."
• "| Reply well the thought of ARES launching is a pretty scary concept so Halloween is kind of fitting."