guided missile

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noun
  1. an aerial missile, as a rocket, steered during its flight by radio signals, clockwork controls, etc.

Origin of guided missile

1
First recorded in 1940–45

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How to use guided missile in a sentence

  • The B-58's long pod detached itself, became a guided missile and hit the submarine square in the middle.

  • Instantly, the guided missile turned and kept coming toward them.

    Islands of Space | John W Campbell
  • "It's the nose of a message missile—dropped from a guided missile," Burl announced.

    The Secret of the Ninth Planet | Donald Allen Wollheim
  • The Pentagon was debating the development of a Mahon-modified guided missile, and a drone plane was under construction.

    The Machine That Saved The World | William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for guided missile

guided missile

noun
  1. a missile, esp one that is rocket-propelled, having a flight path controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal preset or self-actuating homing devices: See also command guidance, field guidance, homing guidance, inertial guidance, terrestrial guidance

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