Thesaurus / ballista
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synonyms for ballista
- ammunition
- bomb
- cannon
- firearm
- gun
- knife
- machete
- machine gun
- missile
- nerve gas
- pistol
- revolver
- rifle
- shotgun
- sword
- tear gas
- arbalest
- archery
- arrow
- assegai
- ax
- axe
- backsword
- banderilla
- barong
- bat
- baton
- battle-ax
- bayonet
- bazooka
- blackjack
- blade
- blowgun
- bludgeon
- boomerang
- catapult
- cleaver
- club
- crossbow
- cudgel
- cutlass
- dagger
- dart
- dirk
- flamethrower
- harpoon
- hatchet
- howitzer
- lance
- musket
- saber
- scythe
- slingshot
- spear
- spike
- stiletto
- switchblade
- anlace
- atlatl
- billy club
- bow and arrow
- bowie knife
- brass knuckles
- hunting knife
- nuclear bomb
- nunchaku
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How to use ballista in a sentence
Trebuchet, treb′ū-shet, n. a military engine like the ballista.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 4 OF 4: S-Z AND SUPPLEMENTS)VARIOUSLike a modern field gun, the ballista shot low and directly toward the enemy.
ARTILLERY THROUGH THE AGESALBERT MANUCYNo ballista, however, is made without regard to the given amount of weight of the stone which the engine is intended to throw.
TEN BOOKS ON ARCHITECTUREVITRUVIUSThe ballista (Fig. 229) was in reality a large cross-bow, built to shoot long, heavy bolts or arrows.
THE BOY CRAFTSMANA. NEELY HALLVarious names were applied to these weapons, the chief of which were the ballista and the catapult.
GREAT INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIESWILLIS DUFF PIERCYThe classical ballista was, in fact, a huge cross-bow, made in a complicated way and worked by machinery.
SCENES AND CHARACTERS OF THE MIDDLE AGESEDWARD LEWES CUTTSThe ballista was considerably larger and more expensive than this.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 5, SLICE 5VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO BALLISTA
- ammunition
- anlace
- arbalest
- archery
- arrow
- assegai
- atlatl
- ax
- axe
- backsword
- ballista
- banderilla
- barong
- bat
- baton
- battle-ax
- bayonet
- bazooka
- billy club
- blackjack
- blade
- blowgun
- bludgeon
- bomb
- boomerang
- bow and arrow
- bowie knife
- brass knuckles
- cannon
- catapult
- cleaver
- club
- crossbow
- cudgel
- cutlass
- dagger
- dart
- dirk
- firearm
- flamethrower
- gun
- harpoon
- hatchet
- howitzer
- hunting knife
- knife
- lance
- machete
- machine gun
- missile
- musket
- nerve gas
- nuclear bomb
- nunchaku
- pistol
- revolver
- rifle
- saber
- scythe
- shotgun
- slingshot
- spear
- spike
- stiletto
- switchblade
- sword
- tear gas
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.