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catapult

/ catapult /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
Type of:
artillery heavy weapon gun
noun Sense 2
a device that launches aircraft from a warship
Type of:
device
Derived:
launch
verb Sense 3
shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult
"the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort"
Type of:
propel impel
Derived:
launcher arbalest arbalist ballista bricole
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 4
hurl as if with a sling
Type of:
hurl hurtle cast
Derived:
slingshot sling slinger slinging
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 5
a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
Type of:
plaything toy
Derived:
sling
Semantic Complexity
76%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
22
Times Searched
2
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artillery heavy weapon gun device propel impel hurl hurtle cast plaything toy