missile
[noun]
Synonyms: rocket, projectile, weapon

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mis‧sile /ˈmɪsaɪl $ ˈmɪsəl/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: missilis 'able to be thrown', from mittere; ⇒ mission]

1. a weapon that can fly over long distances and that explodes when it hits the thing it has been aimed at:
a nuclear missile
a missile attack

2. an object that is thrown at someone in order to hurt them:
Demonstrators threw missiles at the police.
⇒ ballistic missile, cruise missile, guided missile

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

missile
noun
I. explosive weapon
ADJ. long-range, medium-range, short-range | ballistic, cruise, guided, heat-seeking | land-based | mobile | intercontinental | strategic, tactical | anti-aircraft, anti-ballistic, anti-missile, anti-tank | air-to-air, air-to-surface, surface-to-air, surface-to-surface | nuclear | conventional
VERB + MISSILE be armed with, carry | aim | fire, launch | intercept, shoot down | deploy strategic missiles deployed in sparsely-populated desert areas
MISSILE + VERB destroy sth, hit sth | miss sth All of the missiles missed their target.
MISSILE + NOUN base, site | attack, strike | programme, system | warhead

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missile
II. object fired or thrown
VERB + MISSILE be armed with, carry, hold a crowd of youths armed with missiles that included petrol bombs
hurl, pelt sb with, throw They pelted her with eggs and various other missiles.
MISSILE + VERB hit sb/sth, strike sb/sth

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