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Meanings of
crossbow
in English
Russian
арбалет
Portuguese
besta gigante sobre rodas
Spanish
ballesta
Catalan
ballesta
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Type of ranged weapon based on the bow.
ballester
Russian
арбалет
Usage of
crossbow
in English
1
A second
crossbow
quarrel struck the opera house manager in the chest.
2
But I didn't really want to risk playing tag with
crossbow
bolts.
3
She slipped her right hand into her cloak, onto the
crossbow
's
grip.
4
Creek caught up with both of them a second later,
crossbow
brandished.
5
But then, fifty paces was a short range for bow or
crossbow
.
6
In the next instant he heard the sound of a heavy
crossbow
.
7
One hand held a
crossbow
,
the other a pair of mismatched swords.
8
His hand was trembling so much that the
crossbow
was a blur.
9
Jed Smith, sagging with shock, went for the
crossbow
at his side.
10
I sat up,
crossbow
at the ready, and my heart pounding fast.
11
Gods, everyone in the city had a
crossbow
and armfuls of bolts.
12
He backed into the shack, setting the
crossbow
down, and Stenwold followed.
13
Only now did he begin to raise the
crossbow
in his hands.
14
Back in the kitchen doorway was a young boy clutching a
crossbow
.
15
Without aiming Hurl lifted the
crossbow
from under her arm and fired.
16
He leaped upward, as high as possible, his
crossbow
in his hand.
Other examples for "crossbow"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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crossbow
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
drop the crossbow
load crossbow
have a crossbow
small crossbow
empty crossbow
More collocations
Translations for
crossbow
Russian
арбалет
балестра
Portuguese
besta gigante sobre rodas
balestra
besta
Spanish
ballesta
Catalan
ballesta
Crossbow
through the time
Crossbow
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common