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noun • a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones • a device that launches aircraft from a warship • an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles verb • shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult • hurl as if with a sling | ||||||||
| 28% | 3 | The rocks in "on the rocks" | ||||||
noun • a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine • water frozen in the solid state • the frozen part of a body of water • diamonds • a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes • a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk) • an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant • a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating verb • decorate with frosting • cause to become ice or icy • put ice on or put on ice | ||||||||
| 28% | 5 | One of the Stones that rocks? | ||||||
noun • a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high) | ||||||||
Device For Firing Stones Or Rocks Crossword Clue
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CATAPULT which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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CATAPULT
Updated: October 13, 2023
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