Catapulted

verb

verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of catapult form-of, participle, past

Example

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"Gordo, a squirrel monkey, was catapulted 600 miles high in a Jupiter rocket, also on December 13, 1958, one year after the Soviets launched Laika. Gordo's capsule was never found in the Atlantic Ocean. He died on splashdown when a flotation mechanism failed, but Navy doctors said signals on his respiration and heartbeat proved humans could withstand a similar trip."

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