missile
Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone,…Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.
» I call it the super duper missile.
Я це називаю офігенною ракетою.
Meaning
2 sensesAny 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.
Geschoss, Fluggeschoss
снаря́дsnarjád, пу́ляpúlja
снаря́дsnarjád, ку́ляkúlja
A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched.
That missile is explosive enough to kill hundreds.
Lenkflugkörper, Lenkwaffe
раке́таrakéta
раке́таrakéta
- a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control
- a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
Examples
81 sentencesI call it the super duper missile.
Я це називаю офігенною ракетою.
Russia is raining missiles on Ukraine.
Martino prepared to launch the missile.
Multiple nuclear missiles descended upon humanity.
The missiles cratered the empty fields.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Latin missile (“thrown weapon, projectile”), neuter of missilis (“throwable, capableFrom Latin missile (“thrown weapon, projectile”), neuter of missilis (“throwable, capable of being thrown”), from mittere (“to send”). From 1611. Compare Middle French missile (“projectile”), from 1636.
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Forms
plural: missilesSynonyms
1 synonyms- a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled:projectile