catapult

/ˈkæ.tə.pʌlt/ · noun

Meaning

A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects, such as a mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
Slingshot
An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
To fire a missile from a catapult.
To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
To increase the status of something rapidly.
To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.
To have one's status increased rapidly.

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