ICBM

American  

Or I.C.B.M.

abbreviation

1. intercontinental ballistic missile.

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ICBM British  

abbreviation

1. intercontinental ballistic missile: a missile with a range greater than 5500 km

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Example Sentences

"In order for the North to show it can launch a multi-warhead ICBM, it needs a test launch to prove its mastery of such technology."

From Barron's

A new ICBM, laser weapons, even robotic dogs.

From BBC

And Northrop Grumman, maker of the B-21 Raider bomber and Sentinel ICBM, two legs of America’s “modernized” nuclear triad, has seen its shares increase by more than 1,400%.

From Salon

All of the capsules will be closed down in a few years, as the military’s new ICBM, the Sentinel, comes online.

From Seattle Times

But even a solid-fuel ICBM, mounted on a giant transporter-erector-launch vehicle, must be rolled out of cover – a bunker, tunnel, warehouse or even from under a bridge – before being elevated and fired.

From Washington Times