rocket-propelled

[ rok-it-pruh-peld ]

adjective
  1. using rocket power as the chief motive force.

Origin of rocket-propelled

1
First recorded in 1925–30

Words Nearby rocket-propelled

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How to use rocket-propelled in a sentence

  • So they took the four-man, rocket-propelled cargo plane instead.

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  • The judge said that if Malcom Porter could prove that the missile wasn't rocket-propelled, he'd dismiss the case.

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  • The Court agreed that, according to the way the law is worded, only 'rocket-propelled missiles' come under the ban.

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