The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ONAGER which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2001.
Ancient catapult crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ONAGER | 83 % | 6 |
| BALLISTA | 17 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ancient catapult
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- onager
- ballista
- bricole
- tormentum
- arrow
- sling
- pellet
- scorpion
- gun
- torment
- tormented
- bolt
Crossword Answer definitions
ONAGER noun- The Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the horse family native to Asia; specifically, the Persian onager, Persian wild ass, or Persian zebra (Equus hemionus onager).
- A military engine acting like a sling which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket powered by the torsion from a bundle of ropes or sinews operated by machinery; a torsion catapult.
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