impulse : Idioms & Phrases
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impulse explosive
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noun an explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and depth charges
propellant explosive.
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impulse turbine
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noun a turbine that is driven by jets direct against the blades
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impulse-buy
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verb buy on impulse without proper reflection
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irrational impulse
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noun a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation
- his first impulse was to denounce them
- the urge to find out got him into trouble
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irresistible impulse
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noun an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
compulsion.
- he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident
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nerve impulse
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noun the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
nerve impulse; impulse; nervous impulse.
- they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus
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nervous impulse
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noun the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
nerve impulse; impulse; nervous impulse.
- they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus
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neural impulse
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noun the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
nerve impulse; impulse; nervous impulse.
- they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus