Synonyms for catapulting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kat-uh-puhlt, -poolt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæt əˌpʌlt, -ˌpʊlt |
Top 10 synonyms for catapulting Other synonyms for the word catapulting
- arise
- ascend
- assail
- bag
- bandy
- barrage
- beset
- bombard
- bring down
- buck
- bung
- butt
- cannonade
- cant
- cast
- catapult
- chuck
- dash
- discharge
- dislodge
- dispatch
- drive
- drop the hammer
- eject
- emit
- execute
- expel
- explode
- fell
- fire
- fire upon
- flick
- fling
- fling off
- flip
- floor
- force
- go through the ceiling
- go through the roof
- gun
- harass
- heave
- hit
- hoist
- hound
- hurl
- ignite
- impel
- jerk
- kill
- lance
- lapidate
- launch
- let fly
- let go
- let go with
- lift
- lob
- loose
- murder
- open fire
- open up
- overturn
- overwhelm
- peg
- pellet
- pelt
- pepper
- pester
- pick off
- pitch
- plug
- pop
- pound
- precipitate
- project
- propel
- pull the trigger
- pump
- push
- put
- raise
- rise
- rocket
- scatter
- send
- send forth
- set afloat
- set in motion
- set off
- shell
- shoot
- shoot up
- shove
- shower
- shy
- sling
- splatter
- spray
- sprinkle
- start
- stone
- strafe
- strew
- strike
- suspend
- swing
- take off
- throw
- throw lead
- thrust
- torpedo
- toss
- tower
- trigger
- tumble
- unhorse
- unseat
- upset
- vault up
- volley
- waft
- weight
- zap
- zoom
Définition of catapulting
Origin :- 1570s, from Middle French catapulte and directly from Latin catapulta "war machine for throwing," from Greek katapeltes, from kata "against" (see cata-) + base of pallein "to toss, hurl" (see pulse (n.1)). As an airplane-launching device on an aircraft-carrier by 1927.
- As in launch : verb send off
- As in shoot : verb discharge a projectile, often to injure or kill
- As in skyrocket : verb soar
- As in sling : verb throw or hang over
- As in throw : verb propel something through the air
- As in bombard : verb assault, attack
- As in fling : verb throw with abandon
- Not even a demon could have avoided that catapulting charge.
- Extract from : « Shadows in Zamboula » by Robert E. Howard
- They were catapulting down, an iron death hail, on the fleet and the city twelve miles below!
- Extract from : « When the Sleepers Woke » by Arthur Leo Zagat
- Miss Ernestine had meanwhile been catapulting into election issues with all the fervour of a hot-gospeller.
- Extract from : « The Convert » by Elizabeth Robins
- The least play of its purple glow on the under surface of an alien ship was sufficient to send it catapulting down.
- Extract from : « The Buttoned Sky » by Geoff St. Reynard
- Four priests were bowled over by the catapulting body; those human cushions were all that saved Pryak from injury.
- Extract from : « Warrior of the Dawn » by Howard Carleton Browne
- Rachel, 83 not having used the foot-rail and not expecting any catapulting, went headlong over the old dashboard.
- Extract from : « Natalie: A Garden Scout » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Antonyms for catapulting
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