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ballistic missile

a long-range missile that is propelled to high speed and may be guided for a part of its flight, but is a free-falling object as it approaches its target

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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