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Definition of catapult noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

catapult

noun
 
/ˈkætəpʌlt/
 
/ˈkætəpʌlt/
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  1. (British English)
    (North American English slingshot)
    a stick that has the shape of a Y with a rubber band attached to it, used by children for shooting stones
  2. a weapon used in the past to throw heavy stonesTopics War and conflictc2
  3. a machine used for sending planes up into the air from a ship
    4. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French catapulte or Latin catapulta, from Greek katapeltēs, from kata- ‘down’ + pallein ‘hurl’.
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