missile

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noun

Plural noun:

missiles

1.
Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet. [from 17th c.]
The Rhodians, who used leaden bullets, were able to project their missiles twice as far as the Persian slingers, who used large stones.
Riot officers and police on horseback were deployed to disperse the crowns, but they came under attack from bottles, fireworks and other missiles.
2.
(military) A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched. [from 20th c.]
That missile is explosive enough to kill hundreds.

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Latin missile (thrown weapon, projectile), neuter of missilis (throwable, capable of being thrown), from mittere (to send). From 1611. Compare missile, from 1636.