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jump-starting

vb. (present participle of jump-start English)

Usage examples of "jump-starting".

If she ever suffered a killing bout of cardiac arrhythmia, the mere thought of Vess would be more effective at jump-starting her heart than the electrical paddles of a defibrillation machine.

Creating an entirely new strategic landscape in the Middle East--and possibly jump-starting the moribund Arab-Israeli peace process--would be still another.