Sometimes a very small club, which has a field holding only 10,000, suddenly finds itself catapulted into the big league by the luck of the draw.
They are catapulted into our living rooms by the vividness of television.
In a crash—even at low speeds in built-up areas—they can be catapulted over the backs of the front seats into the windscreen.
He was catapulted into the air, struck the roof of the car and landed in the middle of the road.
Suddenly, the nation was catapulted into a general election.
There is indeed a real risk that gold has catapulted itself out of the monetary system and out of its stabilising role.
The impact was such that the victim was catapulted out of his car.
Accidents over recent months have shown that many people have died because they were catapulted out of coaches that had been overturned.
