The teacher was hit by a projectile.
Source: tatoeba (2337205)
Projectile
//pɹəˈd͡ʒɛk.taɪl//
Synonyms for "projectile" (29 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
Related word relations
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More general
4 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesat location
8 entriesderived
7 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
4 entriesreceives action
2 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
similar
3 entriesused for
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
52 translations across 32 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- արկ noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- գնդակ noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- ռումբ noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Asturian
1 entries- proyeutil noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- güllə noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- mərmi noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Basque
1 entries- jaurtigai noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Belarusian
4 entries- знара́д noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- ку́ля noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- снара́д noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- страла́ noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Bulgarian
3 entries- куршу́м noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- снаря́д noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- стрела́ noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Catalan
1 entries- projectil noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 拋射物 /抛射物 noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- 發射體 /发射体 noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Czech
2 entries- projektil noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- střela noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Dutch
1 entries- projectiel noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Finnish
1 entries- ammus noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
French
1 entries- projectile noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Galician
1 entries- proxectil noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Georgian
2 entries- ტყვია noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- ჭურვი noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
German
2 entries- Geschoss noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- Projektil noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Greek
1 entries- βλήμα noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Hebrew
1 entries- קָלִיעַ noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Hungarian
1 entries- lövedék noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Indonesian
1 entries- proyektil noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Italian
2 entries- munizione noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- proiettile noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Japanese
2 entries- 発射体 noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- 発射物 noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Korean
1 entries- 발사체 noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Latvian
1 entries- šāviņš noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Malay
2 entries- lontaran noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- luncuran noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Polish
1 entries- pocisk noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Portuguese
1 entries- projétil noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Romanian
1 entries- proiectil noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Russian
3 entries- пу́ля noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- снаря́д noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- стрела́ noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- peilear noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- urchair noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Spanish
1 entries- proyectil noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Swedish
1 entries- projektil noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ку́ля noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- снаря́д noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
- стріла́ noun (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
If you try to speak figuratively to the J-14 robots, they will sting you with a small barbed projectile, but the newer J-37 will randomly kill uncooperative humans.
Source: tatoeba (6466776)
When rating a restaurant, there is only one question that needs to be asked: Did I experience projectile vomiting and/or violent diarrhea after eating there? Check.
Source: tatoeba (6919766)
Once the asteroids are spotted and their orbits determined, an earthbound asteroid can be nudged slightly off course with a satellite deflector or a high velocity projectile, or blown up with nuclear weapons, causing it to miss its deadly rendezvous.
Source: tatoeba (11234657)
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