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missile(encyclopedia)
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missile(dictionary)
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missile (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)

missile (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: missilis 'able to be thrown', from mittere; MISSION]
a weapon that can fly over long distances and that explodes when it hits the thing it has been aimed at
::a nuclear missile
::a missile attack
an object that is thrown at someone in order to hurt them
::Demonstrators threw missiles at the police.
-see also ballistic missile , cruise missile , guided missile