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• The ballista was, in essence, a giant crossbow.
• Nadia spotted a group of men hauling out a huge ballista, a gigantic crossbow on wheels.
• Using this momentary respite, I wrenched the sword blade from the ballistae.
• Watchers loaded crossbows and lifted longbows, ballista crews readied great bolts, catapulters rolled huge stones into their mechanisms. GuildWars Edge of Destiny
• A crossbow device, larger than an arbalest but smaller than a ballista, was called a scorpion.
• They pushed forward galleries formed of hurdles of green reeds, and oaken semicircles like enormous shields gliding on three wheels; the workers were sheltered in little huts covered with raw hides and stuffed with wrack; the catapults and ballistas were protected by rope curtains which had been steeped in vinegar to render them incombustible. Salammbo
• The Quegan galley bore down on them and another ballista bolt sped toward the ship's stern. SHARDS OF A BROKEN CROWN
• The parapets of the tower lined with ancient ballista, pots of boiling oil, and Vulcan AA cannon.
• The fun ended when the ballista I'd constructed using binder clips, rubber bands and the side of a filing cabinet drawer launched a projectile over my intended target and smack into a Judge's back. Construct A Crossbow Out Of Office Supplies | Lifehacker Australia
• The catapults were likewise called onagers, after the wild asses which fling up stones with their feet, and the ballistas scorpions, on account of a hook which stood upon the tablet, and being lowered by a blow of the fist, released the spring. Salammbo