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Synonyms for catapult
ˈkæt əˌpʌlt, -ˌpʊltcat·a·pult

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Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 2 votes

  1. slingshot, sling, catapultnoun

    a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones

    Synonyms:
    arbalist, slingback, launcher, bricole, sling, onager, slingshot, triangular bandage, arbalest, scarf bandage, ballista, trebuchet, mangonel, trebucket

  2. catapult, launchernoun

    a device that launches aircraft from a warship

    Synonyms:
    arbalist, rocket launcher, launcher, bricole, sling, onager, slingshot, arbalest, ballista, trebuchet, mangonel, trebucket

  3. catapult, arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucketverb

    an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles

    Synonyms:
    arbalist, launcher, bricole, sling, onager, slingshot, arbalest, ballista, trebuchet, mangonel, trebucket

  4. catapultverb

    shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult

    "the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort"

    Synonyms:
    sling

  5. sling, catapultverb

    hurl as if with a sling

    Synonyms:
    sling

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Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. CATAPULT

    Synonyms:
    Cisplatin and Tirapazamine in Subjects with Advanced Previously Untreated Non-Small-Cell Lung tumours

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How to use catapult in a sentence?

  1. Anthony Sideri:

    Jail was the catapult for me, it finally made me say, 'It's over.'.

  2. Jim Carrey:

    At that time there was a beam that could catapult people to the stars, and that was ‘ The Tonight Show, ’ we all gathered around the heat of that. … If Johnny liked me it meant something to me, that I ’m not only good at what I do but he thinks I ’m intelligent and likes to talk to me.

  3. Michael Slocum:

    This addition will catapult us to a leading market position in providing financial services to the healthcare sector.

  4. George W. Bush, http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/05/20050524-3.html:

    See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.

  5. Taz Tagore:

    We need a dream to catapult our kids, you need to care about something to make a contribution.


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