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Device For Hurling Stones Crossword Clue

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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

43%7 Medieval device for hurling large stones
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32%10 Act of hurling stones at a person
noun

• the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)

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New York Times06 Jul 1978 Down 4
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