Synonyms for missiles
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mis-uh l or, esp. British, -ahyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪs əl or, esp. British, -aɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for missiles Other synonyms for the word missiles
Définition of missiles
Origin :- "thing thrown or discharged as a weapon," is 1650s, from missile (adj.), 1610s, "capable of being thrown," chiefly in phrase missile weapon, from French missile and directly from Latin missilis "that may be thrown or hurled" (also, in plural, as a noun, "weapons that can be thrown, darts, javelins"), from missus "a throwing, hurling," past participle of mittere "to send" (see mission). Sense of "self-propelled rocket or bomb" is first recorded 1738; the modern remote guidance projectile so called from 1945.
- noun projectile weapon
- No stones or other missiles were used; the battle was fist to fist.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- We could look for no response but laughs of derision or the missiles of a mob.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- "If there were not an ordinance against the hurling of missiles," finished the widower.
- Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
- And the changing sweep of the missiles' flight confirmed their belief.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- From jeers they passed to scuffles, in which missiles and clubs were the weapons.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
- But the missiles seemed to be falling there even more thickly than elsewhere.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- But as it is, all I say to you is, let fly your missiles with a will in right brave style.
- Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
- So that, apart from other missiles, our shaven heads were sure to be pelted with jeers.
- Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
- Almost simultaneously we were raked by missiles from three directions.
- Extract from : « The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson » by Edward A. Moore
- You should build more ships and missiles than they will probably be able to build.
- Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
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