verb
- past tense and past participle of impulse; to give an impulse to; to drive or urge forward
Usage: rare; technical
Examples
- The rocket was impulsed by the sudden burst of fuel.
- She felt impulsed to speak out against the injustice.
- The particles were impulsed through the accelerator.
- His actions seemed impulsed by pure emotion.
- The system was impulsed into motion by the initial force.