missile

/ˈmɪs.aɪl/

noun 2

Collocations

(noun.) explosive weapon

ADJ

VERB + MISSILE

be armed with, carry | aim | fire, launch | intercept, shoot down

deploy

The government decided to deploy missiles at the military base near the coast.

MISSILE + VERB

destroy sth, hit sth

miss sth

The defensive system caused several incoming missiles to miss the airfield.

MISSILE + NOUN

base, site | attack, strike | programme, system | warhead

(noun.) object fired or thrown

VERB + MISSILE

be armed with, carry, hold

The security team found that the suspect was carrying missiles and other dangerous weapons.

hurl, pelt sb with, throw

During the protest, angry crowds hurled missiles at the police officers standing behind their shields.

MISSILE + VERB

hit sb/sth, strike sb/sth

Definitions

noun

Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.

The Rhodians, who used leaden bullets, were able to project their missiles twice as far as the Persian slingers, who used large stones.

And I saw askant the armies, / I saw as in noiseless dreams hundreds of battle-flags, / Borne through the smoke of the battles and pierc’d with missiles I saw them, / And carried hither and yon through the smoke, and torn and bloody, / And at last but a few shreds left on the staffs, (and all in silence,) / And the staffs all splinter’d and broken.

A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched.

That missile is explosive enough to kill hundreds.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets b

projectile

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The Rhodians, who used leaden bullets, were able to project their missiles twice as far as the Persian slingers, who used large stones.

Wiktionary

Riot officers and police on horseback were deployed to disperse the crowns, but they came under attack from bottles, fireworks and other missiles.

Wiktionary

The missile attack took a heavy toll of lives.

Tatoeba · #32290

The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

Tatoeba · #632116

Better to extend an olive branch than launch a missile.

Tatoeba · #643267

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