Betekenis van:
catapult
catapult
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- werptuig waarmee zeer zware stenen in belegerde plaatsen geworpen werden
- an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
to catapult
Werkwoord
- shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult
"the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort"
Hyperoniemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- A trebuchet is a siege weapon similar to a catapult.
- The catapult hurled the boulder over the castle walls.
- Aircraft catapult systems
- from Catapult Venture Managers, dated 12 December 2005, registered at the Commission on 22 December 2005;
- From the representatives of the venture capital industry, namely the Catapult Venture Managers Ltd. and the Advantage Growth Fund, the Commission only received positive comments.