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- (noun): 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.
- (noun): Slingshot
- (noun): An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
- (noun): An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
- (verb): To fire a missile from a catapult.
- (verb): To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
- (verb): To increase the status of something rapidly.
- (verb): To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.
- (verb): To have one's status increased rapidly.
- The candidate selection for running mate has catapulted her to the national scene.
- She catapulted to the national scene following her selection by the candidate.