ballista
Example Sentences
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In ancient times, the 2,000-year-old stone was used as a missile fired from a Roman “ballista” weapon.
From Fox News
We’ll also need a full arsenal of ballistae to fire spears at the invaders and mangonels to launch pots of burning pitch at their siege weapons.
From Washington Post
After Qyburn’s ballista proves utterly useless, this episode raises the stakes by showing an actual threat to the seemingly invincible dragons, which is just icing on the cake.
From The Verge
As well as other weapons, including cavalry lances, arrowheads and ballista bolts – all left behind on the floors – there are combs, bath clogs, shoes, stylus pens, hairpins and brooches.
From The Guardian
These miniature plastic or metal ballistas can fire a toothpick with enough force to pierce cardboard or — if loaded up with metal needles instead of wooden skewers — a soda can, the BBC reports.
From Time
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
