as in to throw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
catapulted a pumpkin into the next yard
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Recent Examples of catapult
Within a year, Beverly Hills Cop would be released and Murphy would catapult to the top of Hollywood's A-list.
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Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 31 May 2026
Most actors dread a bad review, but Hannah Waddingham credits the critics for catapulting her to the next phase of her career.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 30 May 2026
New Glenn’s success catapulted the company to the upper echelon of spaceflight enterprises in the world.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
This year, gains from AI companies helped catapult 25 newcomers to the list.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
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Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 31 May 2026
Most actors dread a bad review, but Hannah Waddingham credits the critics for catapulting her to the next phase of her career.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 30 May 2026
New Glenn’s success catapulted the company to the upper echelon of spaceflight enterprises in the world.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
This year, gains from AI companies helped catapult 25 newcomers to the list.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catapult
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Houser grinded through a pair of long innings that ate into his pitch count, throwing 37 pitches in the first inning and 27 more pitches in the third inning.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
31 May 2026
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But the game was overshadowed by a pregame incident that resulted in three ejections before the first pitch was thrown.—
Chantz Martin OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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Hokusai is known for its bright rays of debris that stretch thousands of kilometers across the planet, created when material blasted from beneath Mercury's surface was hurled outward during the impact.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
28 May 2026
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The girl hurled the ball all the way down the hallway, and Hadley bounded happily to retrieve and gently return it.—
Laura Ungar,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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The third-base umpire tossed Angels reliever Brent Suter and Rays pitchers Steven Wilson and Manuel Rodríguez from the late-afternoon game at Tropicana Field.—
Chantz Martin OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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Various objects had been tossed from the two-level porch and lay scattered across the grass.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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The impact then flung the Pilot west, and the front of the car crashed with the back of Quinones Lewis’s Ford Fiesta, according to the affidavit.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
26 May 2026
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The theater was also immediately gutted, the audience chairs yanked out and flung into a pile in the middle of the studio.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
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“Catapult.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catapult. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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