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US
/ˈkætəˌpəɫt/
]
[ UK /kˈætɐpˌʌlt/ ]
[ UK /kˈætɐpˌʌlt/ ]
NOUN
- a device that launches aircraft from a warship
- an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
- a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
VERB
- hurl as if with a sling
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shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult
the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort
How To Use catapult In A Sentence
- A catapult fired point-blank, and flames broke over the roiled water, but it was pointless.
- He unscrewed the catapult piece by piece feeling depressed.
- He said: ‘We have had bricks, snooker balls, missiles shot by catapults and all sorts.’
- Certainly not establishing any huge steps forward for the aeronautical field, the specification called for a robust aircraft that could operate from the catapults being carried by the battleships and cruisers of the day.
- With crashed cars in front spinning out of control, he rammed another driver and was catapulted into the air. The Sun
- Last year a man lost the sight in his left eye after he answered a knock at his door and was hit by a stone fired from a catapult.
- It's concepts like this that are catapulting entertainment to places it's never been to before.
- Ian was amazed at the speed at which he had catapulted back to reality.
- The book catapulted the author into fame overnight.
- Some few of these ships had catapult-launched Hurricane fighters - the nearest equivalent to the suicidal Japanese kamikaze planes that Britain ever had. San Andreas