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air-launch

air-launch verb: to release a missile, rocket, parasite aircraft or other aircraft payload from a mother ship or launch aircraft.

Verb

air-launch (third-person singular simple present air-launches, present participle air-launching, simple past and past participle air-launched)

  1. To release a missile, rocket, parasite aircraft or other aircraft payload from a mother ship or launch aircraft.

Forms of air-launch

third-person singular presentair-launches
present participleair-launching
past participleair-launched
pastair-launched

Questions about air-launch

What does air-launch mean?
Air-launch means to release a missile, rocket, parasite aircraft or other aircraft payload from a mother ship or launch aircraft.
What part of speech is air-launch?
Air-launch is a verb.
What is the past tense of air-launch?
The past tense of air-launch is air-launched.

Words near air-launch in the dictionary

  1. air-hoses
  2. air-kiss
  3. air-kissed
  4. air-kisses
  5. air-kissing
  6. air-launch
  7. air-launched
  8. air-launches
  9. air-launching
  10. air-mobile
  11. air-port

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