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- Dictionarymissile/ˈmɪsʌɪl/
noun
- 1. an object which is forcibly propelled at a target, either by hand or from a mechanical weapon: "one of the players was hit on the head by a missile thrown by a spectator"
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a flying weapon that has its own engine and can travel a long distance before exploding at the place at which it has been aimed: a nuclear missile. a guided missile. A missile can also be any object that is thrown with the intention of causing injury or damage: Rioters hurled missiles at the police.
The meaning of MISSILE is capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object. How to use missile in a sentence.
Missile definition: an object or weapon for throwing, hurling, or shooting, as a stone, bullet, or arrow.. See examples of MISSILE used in a sentence.
A missile is an airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight aided usually by a propellant, jet engine or rocket motor. [1]
A missile is a tube-shaped weapon that moves long distances through the air and explodes when it reaches its target.
noun. /ˈmɪsaɪl/ /ˈmɪsl/ a weapon that is sent through the air and that explodes when it hits the thing that it is aimed at. nuclear missiles. a missile base/site. Collocations War and peace. see also ballistic missile, cruise missile, guided missile. Extra Examples. Topics War and conflict c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
MISSILE meaning: 1 : an object that is thrown, shot, or launched as a weapon; 2 : a rocket that explodes when it hits a distant target
