Synonyms for catapult

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kat-uh-puhlt, -poolt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæt əˌpʌlt, -ˌpʊlt

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Définition of catapult

Origin : 1570s, from Middle French catapulte and directly from Latin catapulta "war machine for throwing," from Greek katapeltes, from kata "against" (see cata-) + base of pallein "to toss, hurl" (see pulse (n.1)). As an airplane-launching device on an aircraft-carrier by 1927.

noun implement for shooting weapon

Example sentences :

Juve shot his answer at the lieutenant, like a stone from a catapult.
Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre

All its spires are spears at rest; and all its stones are stones asleep in a catapult.
Extract from : « A Miscellany of Men » by G. K. Chesterton

Is it the thought of Wolsey which makes him frown—or is he wondering where he left his catapult?
Extract from : « Once a Week » by Alan Alexander Milne

And he knew that at any moment this beast might come at him as if discharged from a catapult.
Extract from : « Diamond Dyke » by George Manville Fenn

But I know that our steam-bowler will beat their catapult hollow.
Extract from : « The Fixed Period » by Anthony Trollope

They tried their catapult with single, double, and even treble action.
Extract from : « The Fixed Period » by Anthony Trollope

Durham was flung over its head like a stone from a catapult.
Extract from : « The Rider of Waroona » by Firth Scott

Turner shot into the air as though he were flung from a catapult.
Extract from : « Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp » by Annie Roe Carr

Then there was a bound, as if the boat had been shot from a catapult, and the billow fell.
Extract from : « The Island Queen » by R.M. Ballantyne

Before he could reach the door out came his cousin, as if fired by a catapult.
Extract from : « Klondike Nuggets » by E. S. Ellis

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