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Definition of Catapulted
1. catapult [v] - See also: catapult
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catapulted
Literary usage of Catapulted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ohio Nisi Prius Reports by Ohio Courts (1919)
"... stopped he stopped also, but that a machine immediately behind his crashed
into the machine and catapulted it against the defendant in error's machine. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"A strip of rubber band about 15 cms. long and 0.5 cm. wide is wound under tension
around the ball (two or three turns are enough), and the ball ' catapulted ..."
3. The Journal of Educational Research by American Educational Research Association (1921)
"... or a month prior to the regular cataclysm at the end of the year or term should
be catapulted into the next grade. The problem is exceedingly complex; ..."
4. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"Another stretch of woodland catapulted toward them into which the car suddenly
swerved. Tall sentinels, beech and birch, guided their way; a cottontail ..."
5. German Atrocities, Their Nature and Philosophy: Studies in Belgium and by Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker, Newell Dwight Hillis (1918)
"... the neck and the seat of his inexpressibles by a friend or two and catapulted
over the sacred pole which divides the Supreme Court from common mortals. ..."
6. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1897)
"In the same indeterministic fashion Christianity was catapulted into existence,
and, having existed, illogically enough was foreordained to continue ever ..."
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