Cryptic crossword clue
Launch one in middle of dock 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PIONEER

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What does PIONEER mean?

PIONEER noun
  1. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.
  2. A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.
  3. A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper.
  4. A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.
  5. A child of 10–16 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming a member of the Communist Party.
PIONEER verb
  1. To be the first to do or achieve (something), preparing the way for others to follow.

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