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projectile
noun
- an object designed to be hurled or shot forward, as a cannon shell or rocket
- anything thrown forward
adjective
- designed to be hurled forward, as a javelin
- hurling forward: projectile force
- Zool. that can be thrust out, as a tentacle
See projectile in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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