impulse : Idioms & Phrases


impulse explosive

  • 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

  • noun a turbine that is driven by jets direct against the blades
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impulse-buy

  • verb buy on impulse without proper reflection
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irrational impulse

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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