Thesaurus: missile

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1. a. Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a distance.
2. n. A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.
3. n. a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control
4. n. a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
5. Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a distance. We bend the bow, or wing the missile dart. Pope. A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.
6. Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projectedfrom the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike anobject at a distance.We bend the bow, or wing the missile dart. Pope.
7. n:100 n. a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control