drive – push, propel, or press with force; “Drive a nail into the wall”
launch – propel with force; “launch the space shuttle”; “Launch a ship”
catapult – shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult; “the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort”
send off, project – throw, send, or cast forward; “project a missile”
loft – propel through the air; “The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air”
move, displace – cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; “Move those boxes into the corner, please”; “I’m moving my money to another bank”; “The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant”