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Summary

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catapult:
- Katapult
Wiktionary:
- catapult → katapultieren, schleudern
- catapult → Katapult
- catapult → Katapult

English

Detailed Translations for catapult from English to German

catapult:

catapult [the ~] nom

the catapult (slingshot)
Katapult
- Katapult [das ~] nom

Translation Matrix for catapult:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Katapult	catapult; slingshot
-	arbalest; arbalist; ballista; bricole; launcher; mangonel; onager; sling; slingshot; trebuchet; trebucket
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	sling

Related Words for "catapult":

catapults

Synonyms for "catapult":

slingshot; sling; plaything; toy
launcher; device
arbalest; arbalist; ballista; bricole; mangonel; onager; trebuchet; trebucket; artillery; heavy weapon; gun; ordnance
propel; impel
sling; hurl; hurtle; cast

Related Definitions for "catapult":

an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles¹
a device that launches aircraft from a warship¹
a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones¹
hurl as if with a sling¹
shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult¹
- the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort¹

Wiktionary Translations for catapult:

catapult

verb

to increase the status rapidly
- catapult → katapultieren
to fire a missile from a catapult
- catapult → katapultieren

noun

device for launching large objects
- catapult → Katapult

catapult

verb

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- schleudern → spin-dry; sling; hurl; catapult

noun

ein Apparat zum Schleudern von Dingen; altes Artillerie-Kriegsgerät
- Katapult → catapult

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• catapult	→ Katapult	↔ catapulte — Engin de guerre de projection.

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University