Harpoon and Projectile

Harpoon

Harpoon noun - A spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it.

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Projectile and harpoon are semantically related in barbed spear topic. In some cases you can use "Projectile" instead a noun "Harpoon".

Nearby Words: harpooned, harpooning

Projectile noun - A weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled.

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Harpoon and projectile are semantically related in barbed spear topic. Sometimes you can use "Harpoon" instead a noun "Projectile".

Nearby Word: projection

single	single harpoon	single projectile
simple	simple harpoon	simple projectile
powerful	powerful harpoon	powerful projectile
actual	actual harpoon	actual projectile
Other adjectives: massive, wooden, deadly, explosive, giant, magical, kinetic.

Unless you were playing against a character with a really fast projectile recovery, this resulted in you getting a free chance to harpoon the computer.

Source: The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard
Sucking-In Lines: The Moon Stone Cannon AND the Harpoon Cannon, the latter despite the fact that it is a wholly projectile based weapon.

Source: Video Game / Skies of Arcadia
And Show It to You: After impaling Bart with a Harpoon Gun, Bob adds insult to injury and twists it further by yanking the projectile from Bart's chest, ripping out his heart as he does so!

Source: Recap / The Simpsons S 27 E 5 Treehouse Of Horror XXVI

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Projectile and Harpoon. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/harpoon/projectile

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