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catapultic

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cat⋅a⋅pult

  [kat-uh-puhlt, -poolt]
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–noun
1. an ancient military engine for hurling stones, arrows, etc.
2. a device for launching an airplane from the deck of a ship.
3. British. a slingshot.
–verb (used with object)
4. to hurl from a catapult.
5. to thrust or move quickly or suddenly: His brilliant performance in the play catapulted him to stardom.
6. British.
a. to hurl (a missile) from a slingshot.
b. to hit (an object) with a missile from a slingshot.
–verb (used without object)
7. to be catapulted.
8. to move or spring up suddenly, quickly, or forcibly, as if by means of a catapult: The car catapulted down the highway. When he heard the alarm he catapulted out of bed.
Origin:
1570–80; < L catapulta < Gk katapéltēs, equiv. to kata- cata- + péltēs hurler, akin to pállein to hurl

Related forms:
cat⋅a⋅pul⋅tic, adjective

Synonyms:
5. throw, fling, propel, pitch, shoot.
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Word Origin & History

catapult 
1577, from L. catapulta "war machine for throwing," from Gk. katapeltes, from kata "against" + base of pallein "to toss, hurl." The verb is first recorded 1848.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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