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Rarecatapults
The correct spelling is catapults.
How to pronounce catapults
noun
Say it like: Cat-apu-lts
The correct spelling is catapults. A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects, such as a mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
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Definition
noun
- 1.A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects, such as a mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
- 2.Slingshot
- 3.An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
- 4.An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
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