Word

catapult, v.
(catapulted, catapulting, catapults)
freq. cnt. 3

shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

catapult

sample sentences

"the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

catapult catapult

semantic pointers

hypernym

hurl as if with a sling
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

catapult sling

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
They %s the object in the water

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
They %s the object in the water

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

slinging sling slinger

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

hurl, cast, hurtle