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Meanings of grappling hook in English
Device with multiple hooks attached to one end of a rope, generally used to temporarily secure one end of a rope, or to dredge for submerged objects.
Related terms
A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope.
Synonyms
Examples for "grapple"
Examples for "grapple"
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Still, the new government will have to grapple with tough economic problems.
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Unclear things glide and grapple rocks, pulling their way through the water.
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Grant and Lee were locked in their death grapple in the Wilderness.
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The crafty antagonists grapple in every cunning of the art of war.
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And now people grapple with them in a different way, maybe online.
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Tony Weston hauled in the grapnel, and stowed it in the fore-sheets.
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Haul away on the grapnel, he shouts; the captain has shot himself.
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At once he rose above the tower and let down the grapnel.
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He spun about, collected himself, and fired a grapnel of his own.
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Then a jerk backwards told me my grapnel had engaged the netting.
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The grappler won a bronze medal at the Asian Games four years ago.
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The ADCC comprises the starkest test of a grappler's physical toughness.
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Two WWE stars were among those who gave their condolences to the Birmingham-born grappler.
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Again my grappler seemed to bend light around a corner.
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He wasn't trained for this sort of fighting; he was a knife-fighter, not a grappler.
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It was like someone sinking a grappling iron into my guts.
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Throwing a grappling iron upon this ship, Cymon drew it close to his own.
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The cable car must close its grappling iron and grip the cable before progress can be made.
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He introduces his first finger in his mouth as if it were a grappling iron and extracts the black tobacco.
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It didn't require any three-pointed grappling iron on its free end and naturally adhered to any surface so tightly that you couldn't pull it off.
Usage of grappling hook in English
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Two lines were thrown, each with a grappling hook on the end.
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It's got a grappling hook that can allow it to climb vertical walls.
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Rhodes removed a grappling hook and a length of rope from her pack.
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Hiro releases the grappling hook and drops it in with him.
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Then again, nobody ever threw a grappling hook at Einstein.
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Tottenham needed leadership, a grappling hook across the divide.
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He planted his feet and spun his grappling hook.
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The grappling hook hit the tower twice as it bounced back down to the ground.
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If it needs to do a quick turn it deploys a grappling hook instead of parachutes.
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Violet's grappling hook had stuck on another hook.
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The grappling hook hit the tower, and fell down again, hitting Violet hard in the shoulder.
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The aforementioned grappling hook can be used to move obstacles, snag enemies and even create makeshift shields.
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He turned his attention to the grappling hook, tossing the instructions onto the floor of the chopper.
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Had he chosen, Pierre Lapierre could have lowered a grappling hook unerringly upon a dozen weighted skeletons.
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The rope was drawn taut, and the tongs of the crude grappling hook dug between the logs.