missile en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- mĭsʹīl (Received-Pronunciation)
- /-aɪl/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈmɪs.(ə)l/ (Canada, General-American)
- (General-American) audio
- /ˈmɪs.aɪl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- mĭsʹəl (Canada, General-American)
- audio
- mĭsʹīl (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.
The Rhodians, who used leaden bullets, were able to project their missiles twice as far as the Persian slingers, who used large stones.
And I saw askant the armies, / I saw as in noiseless dreams hundreds of battle-flags, / Borne through the smoke of the battles and pierc’d with missiles I saw them, / And carried hither and yon through the smoke, and torn and bloody, / And at last but a few shreds left on the staffs, (and all in silence,) / And the staffs all splinter’d and broken.
1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:Riot officers and police on horseback were deployed to disperse the crowns, but they came under attack from bottles, fireworks and other missiles.
2012, Paragraph 24, R v Blackshaw (2012) WLR 1126
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A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched.
That missile is explosive enough to kill hundreds.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| missiles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
missilery · missileer · missile farm · antimissile · missileproof · submissile · hypermissile · missile gap · nonmissile · missilelike · supermissile · missile silo · steely-eyed missile man · missileman
Hyponyms
supermissile · surface-to-surface missile · cruise missile · intercontinental ballistic missile · submissile · Euromissile · air-to-surface missile · ballistic missile · surface-to-air missile · guided missile · TOW missile · hypermissile · antiballistic missile · air-to-air missile · anti-ballistic missile · Patriot missile · anti-ship missile · antiship missile · hypersonic missile · antimissile
Relateds
missionary · message · mess · projectile · rocket · mission · messenger · missive
Translations (161)
ug راكېتا (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ur مِیزائِل (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · pt míssil (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · th ขีปนาวุธ (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · tk raketa (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · be снара́д (air-based weapon) · gd urchair (air-based weapon) · uk раке́та (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · lt raketa (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · sa अस्त्र (air-based weapon) · ru снаря́д (air-based weapon) · be ку́ля (air-based weapon) · bn মিসাইল (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ky ракета (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · uk ку́ля (air-based weapon) · uk снаря́д (air-based weapon) · hu rakéta (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ar قَذِيفَة (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · sk strela (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · nb missil (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · eo misilo (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ar صَارُوخ (air-based weapon) · lo ຈະຫລວດ (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ar قَذِيفَة (air-based weapon) · hi राकेट (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · pt míssil (air-based weapon) · ja 誘導弾 (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · et rakett (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ja ミサイル (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ru раке́та (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · be раке́та (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · hu lövedék (air-based weapon) · fr projectile (air-based weapon) · fi ohjus (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · sl izstrelek (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · es misil (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · fi heittoase (air-based weapon) · ka მართული ყუმბარა (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ga diúracán (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · si මිසයිල (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · el πύραυλος (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · mr क्षेपणास्त्र (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · id rudal (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ro rachetă (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · mk раке́та (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · uz raketa (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · eu misil (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · km កាំជ្រួច (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · th จรวด (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · kn ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಸ್ತ್ರ (air-based weapon) · am ሚሳይል (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · da missil (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · cy teflyn (air-based weapon) · hi मिसाइल (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · mr क्षेपणास्त्र (air-based weapon) · pl pocisk (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · sv missil (air-based weapon) · is eldflaug (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · gl mísil (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ko 미싸일 (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · sh rakèta (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · grc βέλος (air-based weapon) · hy արկ (air-based weapon) · kmr fuze (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · te మిస్సైల్ (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ks میٖزٲیِل (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · bo ཕུར་མདེལ (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · mn пуужин (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · tg мушак (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · id misil (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · fi ammus (air-based weapon) · fa-ira موشَک (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · lkt wípȟe napsílyapi (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ru пу́ля (air-based weapon) · nl raket (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · sl raketa (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · fr missile (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · sw kombora (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · lkt wípȟe napsílyapi (air-based weapon) · yi ראַקעט (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · uz mushak (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · bn ক্ষেপণাস্ত্র (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · my ဒုံးပျံ (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ps مزایل (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · sh ракѐта (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · sa हेषस् (air-based weapon) · ga arm diúractha (air-based weapon) · az raket (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · id peluru kendali (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · sv robot (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · de Lenkflugkörper (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ckb تۆپ (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · lo ຈະລວດ (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ko 유도탄 (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · te క్షిపణి (air-based weapon) · bg раке́та (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · kk ракета (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · lv raķete (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · la missile (air-based weapon) · sq raketë (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · mk проекти́л (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · he רָקֶטָה (air-based weapon) · fa-ira پَرْتابِه (air-based weapon) · hi प्रक्षेपास्त्र (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · pl rakieta (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ca míssil (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · az mərmi (air-based weapon) · hy հրթիռ (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · el βλήμα (air-based weapon) · ar صَارُوخ (air-based weapon) · ka ყუმბარა (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · io misilo (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · hi प्रक्षेपणास्त्र (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ja 弾丸 (air-based weapon) · ga diúracán (air-based weapon) · tr füze (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · lo ຈະຣວດ (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · be знара́д (air-based weapon) · ar مَقْذُوف (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · af missiel (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · cmn 飛彈 /飞弹 (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · lo ບັ້ງໄຟ (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ur راکِٹ (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ar صَارُوخ (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ka რაკეტა (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · ca projectil (air-based weapon) · ko 탄환 (air-based weapon) · de Lenkwaffe (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · it missile (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · mr मिसाइल (air-based weapon) · te మిస్సైల్ (air-based weapon) · de Geschoss (air-based weapon) · ko 미사일 (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · cmn 導彈 /导弹 (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · de Fluggeschoss (air-based weapon) · vi đạn tự hành (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · hu lövedék (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · es proyectil (air-based weapon) · cs střela (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · bg снаря́д (air-based weapon) · dsb wóźeńska broń (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · mn ᠫᠤᠤᠵᠢᠩ (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · sv raket (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · is eldflaug (air-based weapon) · ms peluru berpandu (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · he טִיל (air-based weapon) · ka რაკეტა (air-based weapon) · sk raketa (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · kn ಕ್ಷಿಪಣಿ (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · kmr rakêt (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · cy taflegryn (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · bg куршу́м (air-based weapon) · he טִיל (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · cs střela (air-based weapon) · te క్షిపణి (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · tg ракета (self-propelled, guidable projectile) · hu rakéta (air-based weapon) · fa-ira راکِت (air-based weapon) · pl pocisk (air-based weapon) · hi प्रक्षेपास्त्र (air-based weapon) · ro proiectil (air-based weapon)