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Missile

Missile Meaning & Definition
Missile Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Missile?

[n] rocket carrying passengers or instruments or a warhead
[n] a weapon that is thrown or projected

Synonyms | Synonyms for Missile: projectile

Related Terms | Find terms related to Missile: AA target rocket | ABM | anchor rocket | antiaircraft rocket | antiradar rocket | ASM | Asp | Asroc | Atlas | Atlas-Agena | Atlas-Centaur | atomic warhead | atom-rocket | ATS | ball | ballistic | barrage rocket | bat bomb | bird | bola | bolt | boomerang | brickbat | Bullpup | Cajun | chemical rocket | Corporal | Corvus | countermissile | Crossbow | Dart | Deacon | Delta | demolition rocket | Diamant | discus | Dove | ejecta | ejectamenta | ejective | Falcon | fin-stabilized rocket | Firebee | fireworks rocket | flare rocket | flying tank | Genie | guided missile | Hawk | high-altitude rocket | Holy Moses | homing rocket | Hound Dog | ICBM | incendiary rocket | ion rocket | Irish confetti | jaculatory | Jupiter | Lacrosse | Lark | line-throwing rocket | liquid-fuel rocket | Loki | Loon | Mace | Matador | Navaho | Nike | Nike Ajax | nuclear warhead | payload | Pershing | Petrel | Polaris | Poseidon | projectile | Quail | quoit | Ram | ram rocket | Rascal | Redeye | Redstone | Regulus I | retro-float light | retro-rocket | rock | rocket | rockoon | Saturn | Scout | Sentinel | Sergeant | Shillelagh | Sidewinder | signal rocket | Skybolt | skyrocket | SLAM | smoke rocket | snake | Snark | solid-fuel rocket | space rocket | Spaerobee | Sparrow | spinner | spin-stabilized rocket | stone | Subroc | Super Talos | supersonic rocket | Talos | Tartar | Terrier | thermonuclear warhead | Thor | Thor Able Star | Thor-Agena | Thor-Delta | throw stick | throwing-stick | Tiny Tim | Titan | torpedo | trajectile | trajectory missile | transoceanic rocket | V-2 | vernier | vernier rocket | Viking | WAC-Corporal | waddy | Wagtail | war rocket | warhead | window rocket | Zuni

See Also | air-to-air missile | air-to-ground missile | air-to-surface missile | arm | arrow | ballistic missile | boomerang | bullet | cannon ball | cannonball | dart | guided missile | heat-seeking missile | nose | pellet | rocket | round shot | seeker | shot | sidewinder | slug | spitball | throw stick | throwing stick | weapon | weapon system

Missile In Webster's Dictionary

\Mis"sile\, a. [L. missils, fr. mittere, missum, to cause to go, to send, to throw; cf. Lith. mesti to throw: cf. F. missile. Cf. {Admit}, {Dismiss}, {Mass} the religious service, {Message}, {Mission}.] Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a distance. We bend the bow, or wing the missile dart. --Pope.
\Mis"sile\, n. [L. missile.] A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.

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