rocket-propelled

[rok-it-pruh-peld]

adjective

1. using rocket power as the chief motive force.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rocket-propelled¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Doghmosh and other family members said Hamas torched houses and cars and fired machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.

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Shortly afterwards, Cambodian military personnel carrying rocket-propelled grenades gathered near the border.

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Mr Durant had been flying the second Black Hawk that had come down after it was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.

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"To the PA and President Mahmoud Abbas, why has it come to this?" he asked, holding shrapnel from what he claimed was a rocket-propelled grenade fired at the camp by security forces.

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On the night of the government’s collapse, residents ransacked the buildings, scattering tattered uniforms, spent .50-caliber ammunition rounds, boxes of rocket-propelled grenades and burnt vehicles before the rebels were able to restore order.

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