3syllables
catapult
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Definitions ofcatapult
1noun
- A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects, such as a mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
- Slingshot
- An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
- An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
1verb
- To fire a missile from a catapult.
- To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
- To increase the status of something rapidly.
Example: "The candidate selection for running mate has catapulted her to the national scene."
- To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.
- To have one's status increased rapidly.
Example: "She catapulted to the national scene following her selection by the candidate."
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