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
This week, the soaring ballad debuts at No. 10 on the Billboard Global 200 and catapults to No. 4 on the Global Excl.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
After many years spent moonlighting as a stand-up while raising three children in East Tennessee, Morgan blew up on social media during the pandemic, when videos recorded on her porch connected her with an audience of other older moms and catapulted her into comedy’s upper echelon.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 31 July 2025
But there’s nothing like a Netflix series to catapult someone to a new level of fame.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 30 July 2025
Love is the founder of Lonesome Dove Western Bistro in the Fort Worth Stockyards, which opened in 2000 and catapulted him to fame as a TV celebrity chef and operator of food and wine festivals.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
After many years spent moonlighting as a stand-up while raising three children in East Tennessee, Morgan blew up on social media during the pandemic, when videos recorded on her porch connected her with an audience of other older moms and catapulted her into comedy’s upper echelon.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 31 July 2025
But there’s nothing like a Netflix series to catapult someone to a new level of fame.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 30 July 2025
Love is the founder of Lonesome Dove Western Bistro in the Fort Worth Stockyards, which opened in 2000 and catapulted him to fame as a TV celebrity chef and operator of food and wine festivals.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catapult
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The girl was thrown from the SUV that rolled but was able, on her own power, to make her way back to the vehicle to check on the woman, the sheriff's office said.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The woman with Wednesday escapes, but Tyler picks Wednesday up and throws her through a window as cops arrive on the scene.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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After the interaction with Wednesday, which ended with her being hurled out the window, Tyler disappears into the nearby woods, his fate uncertain and his mental state rapidly deteriorating without a master to ground him.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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This memorandum to toss the charges is just the latest strategy Combs team has hurled at the federal court to spring him from the Metropolitan Correction Center in Brooklyn.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
31 July 2025
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From there, Young tossed an accurate ball to Sanders for a would-be first down and it was dropped by the second-year tight end, who has put together an otherwise excellent camp.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Aug. 2025
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Teams of two will compete by tossing bacon from skillet to skillet.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
15 Aug. 2025
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Responsible disposal of smoking materials: Prudently discard cigarette butts and avoid flinging cigarettes or matches from a moving vehicle.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Later, Cano was captured grabbing what appeared to be the DJ’s laptop, taunted the crowd with destroying it, and then flung the device onto the stage platform before stomping on it multiple times, showing off its cracked screen.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Catapult.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catapult. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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