harpoon
Example Sentences
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Some of his videos highlight antique traps, like a 19th-century wooden trap that is shaped like a rat and shoots harpoons from its eyes, or quicksand traps that suffocate rodents.
From New York Times
Nations are struggling with ways to reduce space debris, with techniques such as using magnetic plates to capture satellites, or using harpoons and nets, at the test stage, said McDowell.
From Seattle Times
Its capabilities include a "dragsail," allowing the platform to drop into the planet's atmosphere, and a harpoon and a net, designed to pierce and trap mock debris targets in LEO.
From Salon
Panning a book like this may feel like harpooning a minnow, but I think treacly metaphysical fiction does us a cultural disservice.
From Washington Post
The only other commercial fleet targeting swordfish off the West Coast catches fish with harpoons but contributes a fraction of the landings produced by gill netting.
From Los Angeles Times
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