Catapult

//ˈkæ.tə.pʌlt//

Synonyms for "catapult" (53 found)

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Closest matches (11)

slingshot sling arbalest arbalist ballista booster rocket bowl bricole cast chuck chunk

Strong matches (16)

dart dash fire fling flip fork ground loop heave hopoff hurl hurtle jerk lance launch let fly

Noun(1 words)

launcher

Related words (26)

lob mangonel onager pass peg pelt pitch pitchfork put put the shot rotation serve shy snap takeoff throw throw stick throwing-stick tilt toss

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trebuchet trebucket wommera

Noun(2 words)

sling slingshot

Verb(1 words)

sling

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

9 entries

cast device engine hurl hurtle impel plaything propel toy

More specific

3 entries

steam catapult torsion catapult trebuchet

Synonyms

2 entries

sling slingshot

Related terms

7 entries

ballista catapeltic crossbow onager siege engine trebuchet trebucket

derived

7 entries

catapult effect catapult fruit catapultable catapultian catapultic catapultlike hand catapult

has context

1 entries

is a

4 entries

device engine projectile launcher siege engine

manner of

1 entries

propel

related to

14 entries

aircraft carrier airplane ballista catapeltic crossbow flight deck launch missile onager siege engine slingshot take off trebuchet weapon

Translations

120 translations across 62 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

katapultë noun (device for launching large objects)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

καταπάλτης noun (device for launching large objects)

Arabic

2 entries

مَنْجَنِيق noun (device for launching large objects)
مِرْجَام noun (device for launching large objects)

Armenian

1 entries

բաբան noun (device for launching large objects)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

katapult noun (device for launching large objects)
mancanaq noun (device for launching large objects)
منجنیق noun (device for launching large objects)

Belarusian

1 entries

катапу́льта noun (device for launching large objects)

Breton

1 entries

bannerez-vein noun (device for launching large objects)

Bulgarian

3 entries

катапу́лт noun (device for launching large objects)
катапултирам verb (to fire a missile from a catapult)
катапултирам verb (to increase the status rapidly)

Catalan

3 entries

catapulta noun (device for launching large objects)
catapultar verb (to fire a missile from a catapult)
catapultar verb (to increase the status rapidly)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

彈射器 /弹射器 noun (device for launching large objects)
投石機 /投石机 noun (device for launching large objects)

Corsican

1 entries

catapulta noun (device for launching large objects)

Czech

2 entries

katapult noun (device for launching large objects)
katapultovat verb (to fire a missile from a catapult)

Danish

4 entries

katapult noun (device for launching large objects)
katapultering noun (instance of firing something)
fare verb (to be fired from or as if from a catapult)
flyve verb (to be fired from or as if from a catapult)

Dutch

1 entries

katapult noun (device for launching large objects)

Esperanto

4 entries

katapulto noun (device for launching large objects)
katapulti verb (to fire a missile from a catapult)
katapulti verb (to fire or launch as if from catapult)
katapulti sin verb (to be fired from or as if from a catapult)

Estonian

2 entries

heitemasin noun (device for launching large objects)
katapult noun (device for launching large objects)

Finnish

4 entries

heittokone noun (device for launching large objects)
katapultti noun (device for launching large objects)
tykitys noun (instance of firing something)
ampaista verb (to be fired from or as if from a catapult)

French

4 entries

catapulte noun (device for launching large objects)
catapulter verb (to fire a missile from a catapult)
catapulter verb (to increase the status rapidly)
catapulter verb (to be fired from or as if from a catapult)

Galician

1 entries

catapulta noun (device for launching large objects)

Georgian

2 entries

კატაპულტა noun (device for launching large objects)
ფილაკვანი noun (device for launching large objects)

German

3 entries

Katapult noun (device for launching large objects)
katapultieren verb (to fire a missile from a catapult)
katapultieren verb (to increase the status rapidly)

Greek

1 entries

καταπέλτης noun (device for launching large objects)

Hebrew

2 entries

קָטָפּוּלְטָה noun (device for launching large objects)
הזניק verb (to increase the status rapidly)

Hindi

2 entries

अवक्षेपक noun (device for launching large objects)
गुलेल noun (device for launching large objects)

Hungarian

3 entries

hajítógép noun (device for launching large objects)
katapult noun (device for launching large objects)
katapultál verb (to fire or launch as if from catapult)

Italian

1 entries

catapulta noun (device for launching large objects)

Japanese

3 entries

カタパルト noun (device for launching large objects)
投石器 noun (device for launching large objects)
投石機 noun (device for launching large objects)

Kazakh

1 entries

катапульта noun (device for launching large objects)

Korean

2 entries

캐터펄트 noun (device for launching large objects)
투석기 noun (device for launching large objects)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

катапульта noun (device for launching large objects)

Latin

1 entries

catapulta noun (device for launching large objects)

Latvian

1 entries

katapulta noun (device for launching large objects)

Lithuanian

1 entries

katapulta noun (device for launching large objects)

Macedonian

2 entries

катапу́лт noun (device for launching large objects)
пра́ќа noun (device for launching large objects)

Malay

1 entries

tarpil noun (device for launching large objects)

Mirandese

1 entries

trabuco noun (device for launching large objects)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

katapult noun (device for launching large objects)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

katapult noun (device for launching large objects)

Occitan

2 entries

catapulta noun (device for launching large objects)
catapultar verb (to fire a missile from a catapult)

Old Georgian

1 entries

ფილაკვანი noun (device for launching large objects)

Old Norse

1 entries

valsløngva noun (device for launching large objects)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

منجنیق noun (device for launching large objects)
چرخ noun (device for launching large objects)

Persian

2 entries

منجنیق noun (device for launching large objects)
منجنیک noun (device for launching large objects)

Polish

2 entries

katapulta noun (device for launching large objects)
katapultować verb (to fire a missile from a catapult)

Portuguese

1 entries

catapulta noun (device for launching large objects)

Romanian

1 entries

catapultă noun (device for launching large objects)

Russian

2 entries

катапу́льта noun (device for launching large objects)
катапульти́ровать verb (to fire a missile from a catapult)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

katàpult noun (device for launching large objects)
ката̀пулт noun (device for launching large objects)

Slovak

1 entries

katapult noun (device for launching large objects)

Slovene

1 entries

katapult noun (device for launching large objects)

Spanish

4 entries

catapulta noun (device for launching large objects)
catapultar verb (to fire a missile from a catapult)
catapultar verb (to fire or launch as if from catapult)
ser catapultado verb (to be fired from or as if from a catapult)

Swedish

1 entries

katapult noun (device for launching large objects)

Tagalog

1 entries

palintong noun (device for launching large objects)

Tajik

2 entries

катапулта noun (device for launching large objects)
манҷаниқ noun (device for launching large objects)

Thai

1 entries

แคทะพัลต์ noun (device for launching large objects)

Turkish

1 entries

mancınık noun (device for launching large objects)

Ukrainian

1 entries

катапу́льта noun (device for launching large objects)

Urdu

1 entries

مِنجَنِیق noun (device for launching large objects)

Uyghur

2 entries

مانجانىق noun (device for launching large objects)
مەنچاناق noun (device for launching large objects)

Uzbek

1 entries

manjaniq noun (device for launching large objects)

Vietnamese

1 entries

máy bắn đá noun (device for launching large objects)

Welsh

1 entries

blif noun (device for launching large objects)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The catapult hurled the boulder over the castle walls.

Source: tatoeba (673309)

A trebuchet is a siege weapon similar to a catapult.

Source: tatoeba (735370)

Sami wanted to catapult Layla to celebrity status.

Source: tatoeba (6594384)

"Tom, on the news, I heard that an octopus was able to escape from the San Francisco Aquarium by picking a lock, making a catapult from office supplies, and calling a taxi," said Mary.

Source: tatoeba (6916050)

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