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/lˈɔntʃər/ Listen

noun

launcher n.

A device capable of launching a rocket.

Synonyms: rocket launcher.

A device which launches aircraft from an aircraft carrier; it provides additional velocity to the airplane, to supplement that from the airplane's engines, so that the airplane rapidly achieves a velocity sufficient to sustain it in flight when taking off.

Synonyms: catapult.

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Etymology of 'Launcher'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Launcher" Quotes from Famous Books

... north. A moment later Spindrift loomed on the horizon. Rick saw the gray lab building and, to its left, Pirate's Field where the rocket launcher had once stood. He waited until the Cub was abreast of the old oak on the mainland that he used as a landmark, then cut the throttle. The plane lost altitude rapidly, passed a few feet over the radar antenna on the lab building and settled to the grass strip. Rick gunned the ...

— Smugglers' Reef • John Blaine

... thou arbiter of friendship, protector of the guest, preserver of fellowship, lord of the hearth, launcher of the lightning, avenger of oaths, compeller of clouds, utterer of thunder (and pray add any other epithets; those cracked poets have plenty ready, especially when they are in difficulties with their scansion; then it is that a string of your ...

— Works, V1 • Lucian of Samosata

... Thou Unweariable Launcher of worlds upon bewildered space," Rose in me, "All? or did thy hand grow dull Building this world that bears a piteous race? O was it launched too soon or launched too late? Or can it be a derelict that drifts Beyond thy ...

— Many Gods • Cale Young Rice

... "Our first project was a simple one, with a tested rocket system. Actually, we used a modified Aerobee, a rocket of proven dependability. Nothing should have gone wrong. But when we fired, the rocket exploded at the top of the launcher. We investigated thoroughly, of course, and found someone had cleverly sabotaged ...

— The Scarlet Lake Mystery • Harold Leland Goodwin

... the shape of those cases over there, now," Koa said. "Ten racks of rockets for the launcher, one rack to ...

— Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet • Blake Savage