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catapult
/ˈkæ.tə.pʌlt/
noun
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.
Slingshot
An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
verb
To fire a missile from a catapult.
To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
To increase the status of something rapidly.
"The candidate selection for running mate has catapulted her to the national scene."
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