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Examples of catapult
catapult
For example, electric tracks catapult rollercoaster riders daily at theme parks.
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The present economic turmoil helped catapult candidate Obama to the White House.
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The launch was a success and US carriers would later feature the steam catapult.
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Trebuchets were probably the most powerful catapult employed in the Middle Ages.
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The Navy also has designed a similar catapult system for its aircraft carriers.
From the sciencedaily.com
Did you enable them to expand into profitable new markets or catapult old rivals?
From the businessweek.com
The unmanned aerial vehicle ScanEagle is photographed in its catapult launcher.
From the stltoday.com
I shift uneasily, aware that our only defences are a catapult and plant clippers.
From the newscientist.com
When we were watching the planes taking off with the catapult, it was awesome.
From the usatoday.com
- Shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult; "the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort"
- Slingshot: a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
- A device that launches aircraft from a warship
- Sling: hurl as if with a sling
- An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
- A catapult is a ballistic device used to launch a projectile a great distance without the aid of explosive devicesu2014particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines. Although the catapult has been used since ancient times, it has proven to be one of the most effective mechanisms during warfare...
- An aircraft catapult is a device used to launch aircraft from ships, most commonly used on aircraft carriers, as a form of assisted take off...
- Catapult was an event played during the initial UK series of Gladiators. In this event, particiants were suspended in the air to bungee cords and had to bounce themselves up and down with the contenders trying to throw balls into the goals the Gladiators were marking.
- Recovering the Satellites is the second album by Counting Crows, released on October 14, 1996 in the United Kingdom and two days later in the United States. ...
