missile : Idioms & Phrases
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- air-to-air missile
- air-to-ground missile
- air-to-surface missile
- antiballistic missile
- ballistic missile
- ballistic missile defense organization
- basic point defense missile system
- cruise missile
- fleet ballistic missile submarine
- guided missile
- guided missile cruiser
- guided missile destroyer
- guided missile frigate
- heat-seeking missile
- intercontinental ballistic missile
- missile defence system
- missile defense system
- naval missile
- surface-to-air missile
- surface-to-air missile system
air-to-air missile
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noun a missile designed to be launched from one airplane at another
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air-to-ground missile
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noun a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground
air-to-ground missile.
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air-to-surface missile
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noun a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground
air-to-ground missile.
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antiballistic missile
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noun a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles
ABM.
- the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks placed limits on the deployment of ABMs
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ballistic missile
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noun a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target
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ballistic missile defense organization
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noun an agency in the Department of Defense that is responsible for making ballistic missile defense a reality
BMDO.
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basic point defense missile system
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noun a shipboard missile system
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cruise missile
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noun an unmanned aircraft that is a self-contained bomb
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fleet ballistic missile submarine
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noun a submarine carrying ballistic missiles
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guided missile
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noun a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices
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guided missile cruiser
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noun a cruiser that carries guided missiles
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guided missile destroyer
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noun a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
destroyer.
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guided missile frigate
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noun a frigate that carries guided missiles
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heat-seeking missile
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noun a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine)
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intercontinental ballistic missile
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noun a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another
ICBM.
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missile defence system
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noun naval weaponry providing a defense system
missile defence system.
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missile defense system
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noun naval weaponry providing a defense system
missile defence system.
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naval missile
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noun naval weaponry consisting of a missile carried on a warship
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surface-to-air missile
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noun a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
SAM.
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surface-to-air missile system
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noun the shipboard system that fires missiles at aircraft
