as in threw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
catapulted a pumpkin into the next yard
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Recent Examples of catapulted
Iconic Voice of the Black Arts Movement Her debut poetry collection, Black Feeling, Black Talk (1968), self-published with financial help from friends, catapulted her into the literary spotlight.
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Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The tour, which spanned five continents and nearly 150 shows, catapulted the singer-songwriter into becoming the first musician ever to make the Forbes billionaire list solely from songwriting and performing.
—Holly Corbett, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Law, of course, more than rose to the occasion, and Ripley catapulted him to Hollywood’s A-list.
—John Russell, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
But the increase in value of those shares of stock and options have catapulted Musk’s net worth from about $20 billion in 2018 to more than a dozen times that amount, even without the 2018 package.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
That news catapulted the value of PSQ Holdings by around 90% as of midday Tuesday.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
The successor to the famed DB5—the car that Sean Connery catapulted to fame as James Bond in Goldfinger—the DB6 was lovely, delicate, and quick.
—Brett Berk, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
While the desire to make a quick connection to the Tay-vis story that has catapulted the Chiefs to total pop-culture dominance, the movie does not reference their romance.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
That right there catapulted me into an independent career.
—Andres Tardio, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2024
Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The tour, which spanned five continents and nearly 150 shows, catapulted the singer-songwriter into becoming the first musician ever to make the Forbes billionaire list solely from songwriting and performing.
—Holly Corbett, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Law, of course, more than rose to the occasion, and Ripley catapulted him to Hollywood’s A-list.
—John Russell, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
But the increase in value of those shares of stock and options have catapulted Musk’s net worth from about $20 billion in 2018 to more than a dozen times that amount, even without the 2018 package.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
That news catapulted the value of PSQ Holdings by around 90% as of midday Tuesday.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
The successor to the famed DB5—the car that Sean Connery catapulted to fame as James Bond in Goldfinger—the DB6 was lovely, delicate, and quick.
—Brett Berk, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
While the desire to make a quick connection to the Tay-vis story that has catapulted the Chiefs to total pop-culture dominance, the movie does not reference their romance.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
That right there catapulted me into an independent career.
—Andres Tardio, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catapulted
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Last year, at the end of a 12-hour shift, his legs were hurting when a child hurled himself onto his lap.Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Each side hurled flagpoles and fists at one another in an incident which triggered days of violence across Canada and led to multiple arrests.Lex Harvey, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
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The controversial Corporate Transparency Act seems to be getting closer to being completely tossed on legal grounds, writes Forbes’ Kelly Phillips Erb.Megan Poinski, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Shortly after tipoff, Green played peacemaker after Edwards tossed down Jonathan Kuminga after a steal for a technical foul.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Social media was flooded with videos of people emerging dazed and dishevelled from Assad’s state prisons, in many ways the most potent symbol of his rule, which had been flung open by opposition forces.Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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The ray spiders flung their webs when the tuning fork was farther away than the mosquitos had been.Ari Daniel, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Catapulted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catapulted. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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