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Meaning of Catapult | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈkæ.tə.pʌlt

Definitions

A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects.
A mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
A slingshot.
UK
An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
figuratively

Equivalents

العربية المصيادة مِرْجَام مقلاع منجنيق

Bosanski katapult катапулт

Català catapulta catapultar

Cymraeg blif

Dansk fare flyve kaste katapult

Deutsch Katapult katapultieren Schleuder

Ελληνικά καταπέλτης σφεντόνα

Esperanto katapulti katapulto

Español catapulta catapultar ser catapultado

فارسی منجنیق

Suomi ampaista katapultti ritsa singahtaa singota sinkauttaa sinkoutua

Français catapulte catapulter

עברית רוגטקה

हिन्दी गुलेल

Hrvatski katapult катапулт

Հայերեն բաբան

Bahasa Indonesia katapel umban

Italiano catapulta

日本語カタパルト投石器投石機

한국어 캐터펄트 투석기

Latina catapulta

Македонски катапулт праќа

Nederlands katapult

Polski katapulta katapultować wyrzutnia

Português catapulta

Română catapultă

Русский катапульта катапультировать

Slovenčina katapult

Српски katapult катапулт

Svenska katapult

Тоҷикӣ манҷаниқ

Tagalog palintong

Türkçe mancınık

Українська катапу́льта порок

Examples

“The visitors were given notice of what was to come when Huth headed wide from a Rory Delap long throw but failed to heed the warning, allowing the German defender to rise unmarked to meet another Delap catapult and plant his header into the net after 12 minutes.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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Meaning of Catapult | Babel Free

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