rocket launcher

noun

Military.

1. a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.

2. a vehicle equipped with many such tubes for the simultaneous firing of rockets.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rocket launcher¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

It had also shown some willingness to turn over heavier weapons such as rocket launchers to Arab monitors and for some of its leaders to leave Gaza, Arab mediators have said.

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The parade included a long line of weaponry that Pyongyang has tested in recent years, including attack drones, rocket launchers and battle tanks.

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Thailand is especially aggrieved by the sudden use of multiple rocket launchers on Thursday that caused most of the civilian casualties, and dramatically escalated what until then had been small-scale skirmishes between their soldiers.

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Israeli air strikes continued overnight following the attack on the rocket launchers, with the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reporting that sites in north, central and south Gaza were hit.

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The Israeli military said it had hit dozens of rocket launchers and a command centre belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

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