Synonyms for launcher
ˈlɔn tʃər, ˈlɑn-launch·er

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1. launcher, rocket launchernoun

   armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket

   Synonyms:
   catapult, rocket launcher

2. catapult, launchernoun

   a device that launches aircraft from a warship

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "launcher":

   dispenser, pitcher, initiator, bomber, pitching, enabler, launch

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1. Kim Dong-yub:

   North Korea is trying to selectively modernize conventional forces in a low-cost, high-efficiency way to focus on the economy and reassure the military while nuclear talks are under way, and the rocket launcher is a product of that effort, the latest test indicated that the system was ready for mass production and deployment.

2. Christophe Crepin:

   This cell did not include just those three. We think with all seriousness that they had accomplices, because of the weaponry, the logistics and the costs of it, these are heavy weapons. When I talk about things like a rocket launcher — it's not like buying a baguette on the corner. It's for targeted acts.

3. Unknown, Army Magazine of Preventive Maintenance:

   A slipping gear in your M203 grenade launcher can cause it to fire when you least expect it. This could make you very unpopular with what is left of your unit.

4. Mark Hertling:

   You see that force, that small squad there of about 10 guys, the guy up furthest away from us is repeatedly firing rocket-propelled grenades, he's fired by my count about five of them, he is handing off the launcher to another guy, they are reloading and he is ready to shoot again, and everybody else, Mark Hertling look at the cool, calm, collected approach by these soldiers under fire, they're not afraid, they're ready to kick some butt.

5. The Wilson Center report:

   Finland’s artillery forces are the largest and best-equipped in Western Europe, with some 1,500 artillery weapons, including 700 Howitzer guns, 700 heavy mortar, and 100 rocket launcher systems, the Finnish artillery has more artillery firepower than the combined militaries of Poland, Germany, Norway, and Sweden can currently muster.