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

With perhaps half a dozen exceptions, the press corps at Cape Canaveral had no grounding in the infinitely complex mechanics of missilery.

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And at long last, the President was prevailed upon to break the news blackout that he himself had imposed on the state and progress of American missilery.

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There is a concept in missilery, where you fire too many missiles too close together and they kill each other off �fratricide.

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Everywhere the signs multiply that U.S. missilery is becoming a national effort.

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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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