catapulted
nounHow to pronounce catapulted:
Definition of catapulted:
- catapulted (noun):
- an ancient military device for hurling missiles
- a Y-shaped device with a loop of elastic fastened to the ends of the prongs, used by children for firing stones
Synonyms for catapulted:
cast
darted
dashed
fired
flung
heaved
hove
hurled
hurtled
launched
lobbed
pegged
pitched
slung
threw
tossed
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- liberalize
- heroically
- senselessly
- navigation
- serially
- comeliness
- acephalous
- sophisticate
- asyndetic
- tiptoeing
- highfalutin
- defensively
- schwann's white substance
- exhaustible
- illegibly
- skulduggery
- relentlessly
- fragmentary
- demolishing
- addictiveness
- oology
- undignified
- surprisingly
- undulating
- tremendously
- tempestuous
- importantly
- concupiscence
- organism
- magnificent
- constituent
- proprietor
- exterminate
- presentable
- inelegant
- unwillingly
- revolution
- obsequious
- optimism
- unforgiving
- maniacal
- declaration
- demonstrable
- spontaneously
- retrievable
- arduously
- lightheartedness
- annually
- systematize
- prerequisite
- … more
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