JUMP-STARTED Synonyms: 131 Similar and Opposite Words

jump-started

verb

past tense of jump-start

as in stimulated

to give life, vigor, or spirit to an intentionally provocative comment that was supposed to jump-start the discussion

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Recent Examples of jump-started Reaves’ return hasn’t fully jump-started the offense as the guard regains his rhythm after a left oblique strain that sidelined him for four weeks. — Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026 Houston went 3-0 in Mills’ three starts, which jump-started a nine-game winning streak to end the regular season. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026 This scatterplot of stars illuminated the process of stellar evolution and jump-started the field of stellar physics more than a century ago. — K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 11 May 2026 Debbie Hubbs, 73, of Arizona, helped create the Low Carb Cruise after low-carb eating jump-started her weight loss. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026 The event jump-started the spring season with a parade of teams, a ceremonial first pitch thrown by 12-year-old Penny Clemens, and a dance party, according to a news release. — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026 In a step forward, city leaders recently jump-started early conversations with state officials on how to successfully navigate, this time, future development of the stadium property. — Victoria Le, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026 That’s partially due to bandleader Caspian Honeywell’s time on the circuit in the defunct anarchist group Blackbird Raum, who jump-started the folk-punk movement almost 20 years ago. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 Feb. 2026 Even in making the assumption that an offense that sat dormant for too long last year will be jump-started by Brandon Nimmo, by a healthy Evan Carter, by a star-in-waiting in Wyatt Langford, this rotation has to be one of the league’s best for Texas to stand a chance. — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 23 Mar. 2026

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But women retain responsive desire—which comes from being stimulated, or from stimulating themselves.

— Melanie Thernstrom, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Long-term state investment in infrastructure has stimulated enterprise.

— Alois Zwinggi, Time, 24 June 2026

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