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Missile
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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