missile

Meaning of missile

noun
  1. 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.
  2. A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched.
    That missile is explosive enough to kill hundreds.

Information about missile

Hyphenation of missile

mis-sile

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • missile is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

missile synonyms

Meaning projectile:

projectile

Translation of missile

Anagrams of missile

mislies, similes

Words that rhyme with missile

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