missile
Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.
Noun 2 meanings
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.”
A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched.
“That missile is explosive enough to kill hundreds.”
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.
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MISSILE at a glance
MISSILE has 7 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (M 3 + I 1 + S 1 + S 1 + I 1 + L 1 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,615 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with missile
All rhymesOne letter away
- FISSILE10
- MISSIVE12
- MISFILE12
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