launch
verb (used with object)
to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
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Unlike prods, the Taser’s launchable probes, propelled by gunpowder, gave it a range of approximately 15ft, well beyond the close contact needed to deploy a baton shock.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2015