cruise missile
A missile designed for guided flight over the full course of its pathA missile designed for guided flight over the full course of its path.
» They developed their own cruise missiles.
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1 sensesA missile designed for guided flight over the full course of its path.
Marschflugkörper
крыла́тая раке́таkrylátaja rakéta
крила́та раке́таkryláta rakéta
- an unmanned aircraft that is a self-contained bomb
Examples
4 sentencesThey developed their own cruise missiles.
This aircraft is stealthy and carries cruise missiles.
The cruise missiles were armed and ready to go.
Cruise missile, incoming!
Translations
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Origin
From cruise + missile.From cruise + missile.
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Forms
plural: cruise missiles| Singular | cruise missile |
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Word family
2 related wordsSee also
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