catapult
Significat
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- 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.
- An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
- An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
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cat‧a‧pult
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈkæ.tə.pʌlt/
Etimologia
From Middle French catapulte, from Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs), from κατά (katá, “downwards, into, against”) + πάλλω (pállō, “I poise or sway a missile before it is thrown”). Doublet of catapulta.
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