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missile

[ mis-uhlor, especially British, -ahyl ]

noun

  1. an object or weapon for throwing, hurling, or shooting, as a stone, bullet, or arrow.


adjective

  1. capable of being thrown, hurled, or shot, as from the hand or a gun.
  2. used or designed for discharging missiles.

missile

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noun

  1. any object or weapon that is thrown at a target or shot from an engine, gun, etc
    1. a rocket-propelled weapon that flies either in a fixed trajectory (ballistic missile) or in a trajectory that can be controlled during flight (guided missile)
    2. ( as modifier )

      a missile carrier

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of missile1

1600–10; < Latin, neuter of missilis, equivalent to miss ( us ) (past participle of mittere to send, throw) + -ilis -ile
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of missile1

C17: from Latin: missilis , from mittere to send
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The head of the city's defence administration, Oleksandr Vilkul, said a ballistic missile had landed in the centre of a residential area.

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And it is still possible that he will do this by launching the equivalent of a salvo of ballistic missiles into the global trading system, with a universal tariff on all imports into the USA.

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A missile launcher sends a cloud of brown dust into the air as it hurtles across a field towards the firing line.

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Authorities are investigating a break-in at a historic Nike missile site in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area outside San Francisco.

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More recently, though, the Metals Company, the largest seabed mining stakeholder, has shifted away from talking about batteries and instead claimed that the metals are needed for missiles and military purposes.

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