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cruise missile Definition

cruise missile

noun

a long-range, jet-propelled winged missile that can be launched from an airplane, submarine, ship, etc. and guided to a target by remote control

cruise missile Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • sea-launch: Measures relating to nuclear long-range sea-launched cruise missiles and tactical nuclear systems.
  • base: During the 1980s the United States Air Force based cruise missiles there and the site became an international focus for anti-nuclear protest.

Adjective modifier

  • American: At his feet: shards of American cruise missiles.
  • nuclear-tipped: We may have to consider nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, which may be deployed from different platforms.

Modifies a noun

  • attack: Yes, Clinton launched a cruise missile attack on the mountains of Afghanistan.

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