The phrase "as a projectile" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to physics, sports, or any situation where an object is being described in terms of its motion or trajectory.
Example: "The cannonball was launched as a projectile, soaring through the air before hitting the target."
Alternatives: "in projectile motion" or "as a missile".
They emptied bags, confiscating face masks that could be worn against teargas, helmets, hammers and anything that could be used as a projectile, including baseballs and boules.
While a morphometric analysis can demonstrate a potential capability as a projectile, it is inevitable that the analyzed sample includes artifacts that were not used as hunting weapons.
In anaesthetised animals, blunt liver trauma was caused with a crossbow using an arrow with a spherical aluminium head as a projectile.
A 6 mm steel ball driven by solid explosive was used as a projectile to simulate hypervelocity impact of debris or flying stones.
Ms. Akkash's journey began when she watched, from a few hundred yards away, as a projectile exploded her house — fired from a government warplane or a rebel mortar, she never knew.
These measures include safety bows (Figs 13 and 14), rigid neck straps (Fig. 15) and snap release products (Fig. 16) to prevent the bow from disengaging from the molar tubes or acting as a projectile.
Batman is often depicted as carrying a projectile which shoots a retractable grappling hook attached to a cable.
Aiming at the interior ballistic characteristics of a CTA gun, the goal of CTA interior ballistic design is to obtain a projectile velocity as large as possible.
Galileo Galilei (1564 1642) discovered that any motion such as that of a projectile under the force of gravity can be resolved into two components, one horizontal and the other vertical, and that these components can be treated independently of one another.
You might expect a 90mm cannon to make a tremendous sound, but the concussion wave the weapon emits as it hurls a projectile the size of a coffee thermos a mile into the distance surprised me.
A small.380 caliber cobra semi-auto firearm was discovered, as well as an expended case, and a projectile (which was recovered in the rear of the vehicle)." (The police say that the handgun had been reported stolen from a Jonesboro resident in June).
