Definitions
A weapon designed to fly through the air toward a target.
Word origin
From Latin missile (“thrown weapon, projectile”), neuter of missilis (“throwable, capable of being thrown”), from mittere (“to send”). From 1611. Compare Middle French missile (“projectile”), from 1636.
Used in a sentence
“The Rhodians, who used leaden bullets, were able to project their missiles twice as far as the Persian slingers, who used large stones.”
“Riot officers and police on horseback were deployed to disperse the crowns, but they came under attack from bottles, fireworks and other missiles.”
“That missile is explosive enough to kill hundreds.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Flying object”7 letters
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