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ballistic missile en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From ballistic + missile.

Meanings

1. A missile that is initially guided, but then follows a ballistic (freely falling) trajectory.
   • Russia used its powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile for a third time in Ukraine as part of a massive attack on Kyiv and its surrounding region that killed at least four people and injured about 100. 2026 May 24, Jennifer Rankin, “Russia hits Kyiv with hypersonic ballistic missile in ‘deranged’ attack”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 May 2026:

Forms

Deriveds

IRBM · SLBM · ABM · MRBM · SRBM · LRBM · ICBM · ALBM

Hypernyms

weapon · missile

Relateds

guided missile · cruise missile · BM

Translations (71)

tg мушаки баллистикӣ (missile) · hi बैलिस्टिक प्रक्षेपास्त्र (missile) · ga diúracán balaistíoch (missile) · bg балисти́чна раке́та (missile) · ar صَارُوخ بَالِسْتِيّ (missile) · sw kombora la balistiki (missile) · ko 화성포 (missile) · el βαλλιστικός πύραυλος (missile) · tg мушаки патобишӣ (missile) · cs balistická střela (missile) · sh балистичка ракета (missile) · sk balistická raketa (missile) · id rudal balistik (missile) · sk balistická strela (missile) · ar صَارُوخ قَذْفِيّ (missile) · mn баллистик пуужин (missile) · ky баллистикалык ракета (missile) · ar مَقْذُوف قَذْفِيّ (missile) · id peluru kendali balistik (missile) · mk балистичка раке́та (missile) · et ballistiline rakett (missile) · ms peluru berpandu balistik (missile) · nl ballistische raket (missile) · lt balistinė raketa (missile) · hu ballisztikus rakéta (missile) · tk ballistik raketa (missile) · ga diúracán balaistíochta (missile) · pl rakieta balistyczna (missile) · it missile balistico (missile) · ru баллисти́ческая раке́та (missile) · uk балісти́чна раке́та (missile) · sl balistični izstrelek (missile) · cs balistická raketa (missile) · he טִיל בָּלִיסְטִי (missile) · tr balistik füze (missile) · kk баллистикалық ракета (missile) · az ballistik raket (missile) · ro rachetă balistică (missile) · es misil balístico (missile) · ar صَارُوخ قَوْسِيّ (missile) · ko 탄도 미사일 (missile) · hy բալիստիկ հրթիռ (missile) · da ballistisk missil (missile) · de ballistische Rakete (missile) · ja 弾道ミサイル (missile) · nb ballistisk missil (missile) · uz ballistik raketa (missile) · hi बैलिस्टिक मिसाइल (missile) · mn харвалзүйн залуурт сум (missile) · sh balistička raketa (missile) · ko 탄도 유도탄 (missile) · pt míssil balístico (missile) · lv ballistiskā raķete (missile) · sl balistična raketa (missile) · fr missile balistique (missile) · is ballísk eldflaug (missile) · fa-ira موشَکِ بالِسْتیک (missile) · fi ballistinen ohjus (missile) · ur بَیلِسْٹِک مِیزائِل (missile) · vi tên lửa đạn đạo (missile) · be балісты́чная раке́та (missile) · bn নিক্ষেপী ক্ষেপণাস্ত্র (missile) · cmn 彈道飛彈 /弹道飞弹 (missile) · cmn 彈道導彈 /弹道导弹 (missile) · ka ბალისტიკური რაკეტა (missile) · kk баллистикалық зымыран (missile) · sv ballistisk robot (missile) · pl pocisk balistyczny (missile) · sq raketë balistike (missile) · is skotflaug (missile) · th ขีปนาวุธ (missile)

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