antimissile

Or an·ti-mis·sile

[an-tee-mis-uhl, an-tahy-, -mis-ahyl]

adjective

1. designed or used in defense against guided enemy missiles.

noun

1. a ballistic device for seeking and destroying enemy missiles.

antimissile

/ ˌæntɪˈmɪsaɪl /

adjective

1. relating to defensive measures against missile attack

   an antimissile system

noun

1. Also called: antimissile missile.  AMM. a defensive missile used to intercept and destroy attacking missiles

Word History and Origins

Origin of antimissile¹

First recorded in 1955–60; anti- + missile

Example Sentences

Zelensky has other weapons priorities he is also expected to pursue in Washington, including securing more antimissile interceptors for U.S.-supplied Patriot batteries.

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In his comments last month, Putin also criticized the possible development of U.S. space-based antimissile defenses as a “destabilizing” action.

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On Friday, Mykhailo Podolyak, a senior adviser to Mr. Zelensky, said in a post on the Telegram messaging app that if Ukraine’s western neighbors would shoot down Russian missiles from their territory, it would “allow Ukraine to concentrate its scarce antimissile systems in the east and south of the country,” which are under near daily attack.

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Amid concerns that the conflict could spill over, the Pentagon said on Saturday that it was sending an antimissile battery and battalions of the Patriot ground-based air defense system to the Middle East.

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Included in the package drawn from Pentagon stockpiles are several Stryker armored personnel carriers, mine-clearing equipment and munitions for Patriot antimissile systems and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, or NASAMS, the officials said.

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