1. Shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult
   "the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort" 
2. Hurl as if with a sling
   - sling

1. A plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
   - slingshot, sling 
2. A device that launches aircraft from a warship
   - launcher 
3. An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
   - arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket, arblast

Derived forms: catapulted, catapults, catapulting

See also: catapultic

Type of: cast, device, engine, hurl, hurtle, impel, plaything, propel, toy

Encyclopedia: Catapult

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