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missile

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adjective

mis·​sile ˈmi-səl How to pronounce missile (audio)
chiefly British
-ˌsīl How to pronounce missile (audio)
1
: capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object
2
: adapted for throwing or hurling missiles

missile

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noun

: an object (such as a weapon) thrown or projected usually so as to strike something at a distance
stones, artillery shells, bullets, and rockets are missiles
: such as

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
The battle over that tiny, treeless island also was a dramatic demonstration of the effectiveness—or ineffectiveness—of the Tor in its anti-missile role. David Axe, Forbes, 15 July 2022 In his nightly address to the nation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded Tuesday for more and faster deliveries of Western arms, specifically asking for anti-missile defense systems. John Leicester And Yuras Karmanau, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2022 In his nightly address to the nation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded Tuesday for more and faster deliveries of Western arms, specifically asking for anti-missile defense systems. Yuras Karmanau, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2022 Zircon,, described as the world’s fastest non-ballistic missile, can be armed with either a conventional or a nuclear warhead, and is said to be impossible to stop with current anti-missile defense systems. Yuras Karmanau, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2022 Ukraine does not have a powerful anti-missile defense. CNN, 24 Mar. 2022 The Ukrainian leader continued to urge the West to provide his country with heavier and faster equipment, such as warplanes and more anti-missile systems. Nelson Oliveira, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2022 In a video posted to Telegram on Saturday night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia was building up forces in the east of the country and called on Western countries to provide more anti-missile systems. NBC News, 3 Apr. 2022 Late on Tuesday evening, U.S. European Command confirmed that two Patriot anti-missile systems already in Europe would be moved to Poland. Matt Seyler, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2022
Noun
Elsewhere, Russian forces continued pounding cities and villages with missile strikes and shelling. Jon Gambrell, ajc, 17 Sep. 2022 Elsewhere in Ukraine, Russian forces kept pounding cities and villages with deadly missile strikes and shelling. Jon Gambrell, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022 Ukraine’s defense ministry on Thursday claimed to have destroyed over 2,000 tanks, 4,600 armored vehicles, 1,300 artillery missile launchers and 900 drones since the beginning of the war. Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2022 The aid will also include recoilless rifles with a range of few hundred meters and missile launchers limited to less than three miles — much closer than the current distance between Ukrainian and Russian units in many places. Alex Horton, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022 The aid will also include recoilless rifles with a range of few hundred meters and missile launchers limited to less than three miles - much closer than the current distance between Ukrainian and Russian units in many places. Alex Horton, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2022 Heavy weaponry in place has included Smerch missile launchers and Grad rocket launchers, according to plant workers, Ukrainian officials and satellite and cellphone imagery of the complex. Joe Parkinson, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2022 Two hundred pounds of explosives peppering radar dishes, missile launchers and control vans. David Axe, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 The four High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems will bring to 12 the number of long-range missile launchers provided to the Ukrainian military, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Latin missilis, from mittere to throw, send

First Known Use

Adjective

1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

circa 1656, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of missile was in 1610

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