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Meanings of catapult in English

Portuguese
fisga
Catalan
tirador
Spanish
tirador
Wikidata

A plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones.

        fisga
        Portuguese
        manganela
        Catalan
        catapulta
        Spanish
        mangonel

        An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles.

            manganela
            Portuguese
            catapulta

            A device that launches aircraft from a warship.

                  catapulta
                  Usage of catapult in English
                  1
                  Sometimes good ideas can immediately catapult a company into the big leagues.
                  The Irish Times
                  2
                  The word smote on the captive like the missile of a catapult.
                  A Friend of Cæsar: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Tim...
                  3
                  The deal, if successfully concluded, should catapult Galen into the international league.
                  The Irish Times
                  4
                  The catapult master ordered the second firer to take up the tension.
                  Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
                  5
                  That seat was mounted on parallel catapult tubes measuring 42 inches long.
                  Wired
                  6
                  Let's say we could make a catapult that would do the job.
                  Winter’s Tale
                  7
                  Against the shut window he crashed, with the speed of a catapult.
                  Further Adventures of Lad
                  8
                  Bardwell came on with the ball like a stone from a catapult.
                  The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron : or, the Struggle for...
                  9
                  Over his head flew the rider like a stone from a catapult.
                  Wyoming: A Story of the Outdoor West
                  10
                  Suddenly Deering was propelled from the mass as if by a catapult.
                  The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the...
                  11
                  Her turn as a bikini-clad princess helped catapult her into the limelight.
                  News.com.au
                  12
                  But a stone from our catapult almost swamped it, knocking it spinning.
                  The Memoirs of Cleopatra
                  13
                  Prosper lowered his head and shot at him as from a catapult.
                  The Forest Lovers
                  14
                  They had rigged up a rude catapult from some lumber and ropes.
                  Hunters Out of Space
                  15
                  He would certainly get a catapult first thing when he got home.
                  Tales of War
                  16
                  To compare a Roman catapult with a modern trench mortar seems absurd.
                  Artillery Through the Ages / A Short Illustrated History of Cann...
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