| missile | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. missile | a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control. |
| ~ air-to-air missile | a missile designed to be launched from one airplane at another. |
| ~ air-to-ground missile, air-to-surface missile | a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground. |
| ~ ballistic missile | a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target. |
| ~ guided missile | a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices. |
| ~ heat-seeking missile | a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine). |
| ~ nose | a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft).; "the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry" |
| ~ rocket, projectile | any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine. |
| ~ sidewinder | air-to-air missile with infrared homing device. |
| ~ vane | a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it. |
| ~ weapon, weapon system, arm | any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting.; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. missile, projectile | a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled. |
| ~ arrow | a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow. |
| ~ boomerang, throw stick, throwing stick | a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower. |
| ~ bullet, slug | a projectile that is fired from a gun. |
| ~ cannon ball, cannonball, round shot | a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon. |
| ~ dart | a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot. |
| ~ seeker | a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves). |
| ~ pellet, shot | a solid missile discharged from a firearm.; "the shot buzzed past his ear" |
| ~ spitball | a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere. |
| ~ weapon, weapon system, arm | any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting.; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" |
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