V-2

or V-two

[ vee-too ]

/ ˈviˈtu /

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noun, plural V-2's.

a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.

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How to use V-2 in a sentence

There were newsreel shots of V-1 and V-2 being blasted from their takeoff ramps and a montage of later experimental models.
The Old Die Rich|Horace Leonard Gold
Bannister once described to me the firing of a prototype V-2.
What Need of Man?|Harold Calin
If the first jar be discharged into the second, V, since the capacity is now doubled, falls to V/2.
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British Dictionary definitions for V-2

V-2

noun

a rocket-powered ballistic missile invented by the Germans in World War II: used esp to bombard London. It used ethanol as fuel and liquid oxygen as the oxidizer

Word Origin for V-2

see V-1

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