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rocket launcher

noun Military.

a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.
a vehicle equipped with many such tubes for the simultaneous firing of rockets.

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Origin of rocket launcher

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby rocket launcher

rocket airplane, rocket bomb, rocketeer, rocket engine, rocket gun, rocket launcher, rocket-propelled, rocket propulsion, rocketry, rocket science, rocket scientist
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Example sentences from the Web for rocket launcher

  • When he got back In the car alone, the general counted the models on the seat beside him—one rocket-launcher, one A-gun.

    The Final Figure|Samuel Kimball Merwin

  • Copeland fired a Martian rocket-launcher, aiming behind the ship.

    Comet's Burial|Raymond Zinke Gallun

  • The rocket-launcher and the improved A-gun were like the one-two punch of a good heavyweight-hitter.

    The Final Figure|Samuel Kimball Merwin