missilery

American  

[mis-uhl-ree] / ˈmɪs əl ri /

Or missilry

noun

1. the science of the construction and use of guided missiles.

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missilery British  

/ ˈmɪsaɪlrɪ /

noun

1. missiles collectively

2. the design, operation, or study of missiles

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Etymology

Origin of missilery

First recorded in 1875–80; missile + -ry

Example Sentences

And when breakthroughs in the arcane art of missilery satisfied him that a seaborne solid-fueled bird could be built, he argued that the Navy should set out on its own�that it should start on Polaris.

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Lockheed Aircraft Corp., which is the prime contractor for the Discoverer, Midas and Samos satellites, gets more than half its sales from missilery and space.

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They also fear that, under the cover of Soviet missilery, the Egyptian artillery can render the Bar-Lev fortifications on the east side of the canal untenable.

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The Russians, well along on missilery with or without an atomic warhead, had a head start that the U.S. urgently needed to narrow.

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In the age of missilery and megatons, the problem is even more complex�and costly.

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