missile
/ˈmɪs·əl/ n [C]Definition
› a flying weapon that has its own engine and can travel a long distance before exploding at the place at which it has been aimed: a nuclear missile a guided missile › A missile can also be any object that is thrown with the intention of causing injury or damage: Rioters hurled missiles at the police.
(Definition of missile n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse the Dictionary
Browse the Thesaurus
More Results for “missile”
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
