missile
an object or weapon for throwing, hurling, or shooting, as a stone, bullet, or arrow.
capable of being thrown, hurled, or shot, as from the hand or a gun.
used or designed for discharging missiles.
Origin of missile
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How to use missile in a sentence
That means the F-35 will be almost entirely reliant on long-range air-to-air missiles.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019 | Dave Majumdar | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt will still carry a pair of Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAM long-range air-to-air missiles and a pair of bombs.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019 | Dave Majumdar | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe hesitates when I ask him about the target of the other missiles.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan | Umar Farooq | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhere these laser-like missiles are falling out of the sky onto a city and you have to stop each of them from hitting the targets?
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange | Marlow Stern | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Raptor carries six AMRAAMs and two shorter range AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles inside its weapons bays.
Pentagon Worries That Russia Can Now Outshoot U.S. Stealth Jets | Dave Majumdar | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The wind sang in his ears, and rock, bush, and stunted tree flashed by like so many missiles hurled at him by a giant hand.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run | Stanley R. MatthewsBut they came up too late to catch the Whites, who had crossed the ditch and were sheltered from their missiles.
The Border Rifles | Gustave AimardAll the books were to be collected, either to serve as missiles, or to be burned; that was not quite settled.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. KingstonNext morning he stationed ships supplied with missiles of every sort, all along the seaboard, under the command ofThe assault.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2) | PolybiusBesides, their missiles were beginning to fall short; and the number of men they had lost greatly disheartened them.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2) | Polybius
British Dictionary definitions for missile
/ (ˈmɪsaɪl) /
any object or weapon that is thrown at a target or shot from an engine, gun, etc
a rocket-propelled weapon that flies either in a fixed trajectory (ballistic missile) or in a trajectory that can be controlled during flight (guided missile)
(as modifier): a missile carrier
Origin of missile
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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