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

One possible fruitful field for such a change: anti-missile missilery, still in its infancy, but already the subject of an Army-Air Force custody fight.

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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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In the overall considerations of how to avoid war, a balance of missilery can help.

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We are mightily impressed by dramatic advances in such areas as missilery and medicine, but as a liberal arts college our business is to bring these new facts of life into meaningful focus.

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Month after month thereafter, he moved unobtrusively about the fringes of the chaos of the U.S.'s first moves into missilery.

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