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▸ noun:  A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects.
▸ noun:  A mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
▸ noun:  (UK) A slingshot.
▸ noun:  An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To fire a missile from a catapult.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To increase the status of something rapidly.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To have one's status increased rapidly.

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