catapulting

verb

present participle of catapult
as in throwing
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 catapulting Madonna sealed the collection’s fame by wearing one of its standout looks to that year’s MTV Video Music Awards, catapulting the charismatic Ford onto the international stage and propelling Gucci to extraordinary commercial success. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 Oil prices surged, catapulting inflation to its highest level since 2023. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 Water cannons slam into protesters, catapulting them backward. — Abdelrahman Elgendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026 The campaign was a smash hit, catapulting the pervasive impact of the jingle on pop culture. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026 The institution had received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to realize the exhibition, which conservative politicians took issue with, catapulting Mapplethorpe’s to the center of the era’s culture wars. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026 What happened in Hamburg provides a particularly egregious example of such racial terrorism catapulting political triumph. — Jacob Ware, The Conversation, 31 July 2026 The law was Walker's signature legislative achievement, catapulting him onto the national political stage and spurring an unsuccessful attempt to recall him from office. — CBS News, 29 July 2026 Reilly’s legacy went beyond catapulting politicians into office. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catapulting
  1. throwing
  2. hurling
  3. tossing
  4. flinging
  5. slinging
Verb
  • Williams was extremely efficient for the Bears (6-2) against one of the NFL's stingiest defenses, committing no turnovers, taking just one sack and throwing for 247 yards while completing 71% of his passes.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Any team that signs Skubal must be comfortable with his health, as the lefty missed six weeks before the All-Star break due to a revolutionary NanoScope surgery to remove a loose body in his throwing elbow.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of throwing
Verb
  • Videos showed some masked protesters hurling objects at police as the tear gas drifted across the square.
    — Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The men rushed on to the plain, setting more trees ablaze and hurling rocks.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of hurling
Verb
  • Toast ½ cup raw walnuts on a rimmed baking sheet, tossing halfway through, until golden brown, 10–12 minutes.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Nearby, tossing a bean bag was Mateo Chavez, 12, a seventh-grader from North Chicago.
    — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of tossing
Verb
  • What’s more, even as they are defined by death, bogs are also springboards for unusual and unlikely life-forms that extend our understanding of biology—from acid-flinging mosses to amphibian-eating plants.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The first one came on a chaotic sequence in front of the net, with center Carey Terrance inadvertently flinging the puck at his own net.
    — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of flinging
Verb
  • Their coffee business started off with a pushcart and 100 pounds of coffee beans back in 1992, with the brothers slinging espresso by the railroad tracks of Grants Pass, Oregon.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Speaking of the Panthers, former Carolina quarterback Baker Mayfield, now slinging it (sometimes) for the Bucs, got a three-year, $165-million contract extension earlier this season.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of slinging

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“Catapulting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catapulting. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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