missile

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noun

1. a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives;
may be ballistic or directed by remote control (Freq. 10)
• Hypernyms:
rocket, projectile, weapon, arm, weapon system
• Hyponyms:
air-to-air missile, air-to-ground missile, air-to-surface missile, ballistic missile, guided missile,
heat-seeking missile, sidewinder
• Part Meronyms:
nose, vane
2. a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
projectile
• Derivationally related forms:
projectile (for: projectile)
• Hypernyms:
weapon, arm, weapon system
• Hyponyms:
arrow, boomerang, throwing stick, throw stick, bullet,
slug, cannonball, cannon ball, round shot, dart, seeker,
shot, pellet, spitball