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Meanings of launcher in English

Catalan
llançacoets

Armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket.

llançacoets
Portuguese
catapulta

A device that launches aircraft from a warship.

catapulta
Synonyms
Examples for "catapult"
Examples for "catapult"
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
Usage of launcher in English
1
Does anybody really need another word processor, another desktop launcher, another screensaver?
Wired
2
Five combat warheads, one launcher and five engines have also been destroyed.
The Irish Times
3
Muldoon had taken down the launcher, and was loading the second canister.
Jurassic Park
4
Here was where he could have used a grenade launcher, Jack thought.
Death angel
5
So, I have been having problems with my PASCO projectile launcher devices.
Wired
6
Essentially, this World20 launcher was one that few people wanted to watch.
The Guardian
7
Bellingcat showed that the same launcher was part of a Russian unit.
The Guardian
8
Tolton felt his world constricting, and took the safety off the launcher.
The Naked God
9
A nearby crate cracked open, sections of a disassembled Philips launcher protruding.
Broken angels
10
The launcher was found about 20 metres from the back of houses.
The Irish Times
11
Marcus pushed past Dom and Benten to grab the Longspear grenade launcher.
Coalition's End
12
Two of her unit went through, one of them shouldering a missile-launcher.
The Departure
13
The rest would be outside the bathroom door with the rocket launcher.
Night Shift
14
Basically, the Butterfly shoots off the launcher and flutters in a circle.
Wired
15
It had all been down to one asshole with a rocket launcher.
Anvil Gate
16
Industrial flows; streams of processed matter on their way from launcher to customer.
Edge of Infinity
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Translations for launcher
Portuguese
catapulta
Launcher through the time
Launcher across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common