missile

Speech parts

1. missile - Noun

2. missile - Adjective

Meaning

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.

A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

projectile lance harpoon cleaver bolt dart buckshot copperhead cutlass arrow revolver boomerang javelin sidewinder hatchet

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Antonyms

dally tarry diddle dawdle delay drag

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Hypernyms

arm rocket projectile weapon weapon system

Hyponyms

dart arrow slug boomerang sidewinder shot

Related terms

messenger mission message missionary mess missive

Phrases with the word

nuclear missile TOW missile exocet missile anti-tank missile missile weapon small missile

Anagrams

similes

Examples

When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive. George W. Bush

I don't think that anybody could have predicted that these people would take an airplane and slam it into the World Trade Center, take another one and slam it into the Pentagon, that they would try to use an airplane as a missile. Condoleezza Rice

A cruise missile is more important than Head Start. Ann Coulter

We are using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they're using their civilians to protect their missiles. Benjamin Netanyahu

We are not pursuing research to develop ABM space systems. There are studies to improve systems of warning against a missile attack, communications and navigation systems and to develop ground-based ABM defences. Sergei Akhromeyev

If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile. Lynda Barry

Close letter words and terms

missignal missigning Missildine missile defence system missile defense system missile engine