Missile

Definitions

1. Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.
2. A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched.

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Examples

“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.”

“Riot officers and police on horseback were deployed to disperse the crowns, but they came under attack from bottles, fireworks and other missiles.”

“That missile is explosive enough to kill⟳ hundreds.”

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