Antonyms for jump-startjump-start

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1. jump-startverb

   Synonyms:
   boost

2. jump-startverb

   To start a motor vehicle by passing an electrical current from a charged battery to the discharged battery of the vehicle being started, by means of a booster cable connecting the two batteries.

   I left my headlights on all night. Could you give me a jump-start?

   Synonyms:
   boost

3. jump-startverb

   To reactivate or rejuvenate.

   Giving a really good speech at the convention could jump-start her political career.

   Synonyms:
   boost

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1. jumpstart, jump-startverb

   starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car

   "my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor"

   Synonyms:
   jumpstart

2. jumpstart, jump-start, jumpverb

   start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

   Synonyms:
   rise, skip over, startle, pass over, chute, jumpstart, bound, alternate, spring, leap, start, stick out, parachute, stand out, climb up, skip, jump out, jump off, derail, leap out, jump

3. jumpstart, jump-startverb

   start or re-start vigorously

   "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process"

   Synonyms:
   jump, jumpstart

How to use jump-start in a sentence?

1. Le Maire:

   A WTO reform is one of France's top priorities. Because it's better to solve trade issues within a multilateral body than in a bilateral way, france is ready to support all efforts allowing a jump-start of WTO reform negotiations and the solving of the problems affecting its dispute settlement body.

2. Pope Francis:

   There is something that is not working in that bulky union, but let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water, let’s try to jump-start things, to re-create.

3. Lisa Callahan:

   This approach delivers an earlier landing capability featuring reusable technology that also lays a foundation for a future expanded, sustainable human presence at the moon, this is an aggressive but achievable schedule and could be the catalyst to help jump-start a new era of human exploration of the moon, Mars and beyond.

4. Amy Klobuchar:

   The Green New Deal ? I see it as aspirational. I see it as a jump-start.

5. Mario Gabelli:

   Philippe has to deliver, how does he jump-start the process? It's going to be tough to get into the digital world and over-the-top (Internet), given his perception of what his core competences are. It's going to be a challenge.

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