(1) I watched a ballista being fired and was impressed by the sheer power and accuracy.(2) The pirates were closing; the ballista was being cranked and reloaded.(3) Nothing is more satisfying than wheeling a ballista over and taking down their garrison.(4) The words shot from his mouth like stones from a ballista .(5) It was during an unfortunate incident that involved a ballista .(6) The parapets of the tower lined with ancient ballista , pots of boiling oil, and Vulcan AA cannon.(7) If we try to attack the Canines at a range, then they run at us before we can adjust our bows, ballista , or catapults sights.(8) Another was a hover tank chassis with a ballista mounted on top.(9) Watch out for stray ballista bolts, javelins etc, and avoid all the experimental kilns as they tend to explode.(10) The ballista was, in essence, a giant crossbow.(11) Using the spikes of his ballista , all tied up into a belt, Ryud holstered it up to his shoulders, intending it to shield his charge.(12) Nadia spotted a group of men hauling out a huge ballista , a gigantic crossbow on wheels.(13) Using this momentary respite, I wrenched the sword blade from the ballistae .(14) With the ballistae , however, they hoped to launch flaming spears into the sails of their enemy, slowing them down.(15) Elven archers and Republic ballistas that fired masses of mid-size rocks to bombard an area inflicted all the damage they could on the enemy ranged fighters.(16) Torsion and counterpoise engines of war - ballistae and trebuchets - could be made in situ with local materials - timber and fibre.
