Synonyms for "ballista" (4 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Noun(1 words)

bolt thrower

Strong matches (1)

catapult

Related words (2)

slingthrow stick

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

1 entries

engine

Synonyms

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catapult

Related terms

1 entries

catapult

derived

1 entries

ballistics

related to

4 entries

catapultcrossbowmilitary enginemissile

Translations

20 translations across 18 languages.

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Ancient Greek

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• βαλλίστρα noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)

Arabic

1 entries

• عَرَّادَة noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)

Catalan

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• balista noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 弩炮 noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)

Czech

1 entries

• balista noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)

Finnish

1 entries

• ballista noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)

French

2 entries

• baliste noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)
• malvesine noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)

Greek

1 entries

• βαλλίστρα noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)

Italian

1 entries

• balista noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)

Latin

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• ballista noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

• منجنیق noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)

Persian

2 entries

• خرکمان noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)
• عراده noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)

Polish

1 entries

• balista noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)

Portuguese

1 entries

• balista noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)

Russian

1 entries

• балли́ста noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)

Spanish

1 entries

• balista noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)

Swedish

1 entries

• ballista noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)

Turkish

1 entries

• balista noun (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)

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