Assertion: catapult | /r/HasProperty | weapon
Facets:
Source sentences:
text: The catapult was a weapon used since ancient times.
text: A mangonel is a weapon that was used during the Middle Ages.
text: As nouns the difference between ballista and catapult is that ballista is an ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles while catapult is a device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects, such as a mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
text: As nouns the difference between catapult and slingshot is that catapult is a device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects, such as a mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck while slingshot is a y-shaped stick with an elastic band between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.
text: As nouns the difference between catapult and onager is that catapult is a device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects, such as a mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck while onager is a wild ass, (taxlink), especially the koulan.