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Meaning of catapult

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  catapult
      n 1: a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic
           between the arms; used to propel small stones [syn:
           {slingshot}, {sling}, {catapult}]
      2: a device that launches aircraft from a warship [syn:
         {catapult}, {launcher}]
      3: an engine that provided medieval artillery used during
         sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other
         missiles [syn: {catapult}, {arbalest}, {arbalist},
         {ballista}, {bricole}, {mangonel}, {onager}, {trebuchet},
         {trebucket}]
      v 1: shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult; "the enemy
           catapulted rocks towards the fort"
      2: hurl as if with a sling [syn: {sling}, {catapult}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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