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missile

[ mis-uhlor, especially British, -ahyl ]

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noun

an object or weapon for throwing, hurling, or shooting, as a stone, bullet, or arrow.
guided missile.
ballistic missile.

adjective

capable of being thrown, hurled, or shot, as from the hand or a gun.
used or designed for discharging missiles.

missile

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noun

any object or weapon that is thrown at a target or shot from an engine, gun, etc
1. a rocket-propelled weapon that flies either in a fixed trajectory (ballistic missile) or in a trajectory that can be controlled during flight (guided missile)
2. ( as modifier )
  a missile carrier

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Word History and Origins

Origin of missile¹

1600–10; < Latin, neuter of missilis, equivalent to miss ( us ) (past participle of mittere to send, throw) + -ilis -ile

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Word History and Origins

Origin of missile¹

C17: from Latin: missilis , from mittere to send

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"You don't start a war against someone 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles," Trump said.

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He said Russia was being allowed to import missiles from countries such as North Korea, which he said it then used in a deadly missile strike on Kyiv on Thursday, which killed 12 people.

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Several other people were also wounded when missiles hit the market area of Jabalia town.

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Footage has emerged on social media purportedly showing missiles hitting Kyiv, triggering huge blazes.

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Second, airstrikes or even conventional cruise missile strikes, like in 2019, are also on the table - each carrying the risk of a retaliatory spiral, as seen in the air skirmishes that followed then.

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misshapen missileer

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