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air-launched

air-launched is the simple past and past participle of air-launch.

Meaning of air-launch

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.

Adjective

air-launched

  1. Of a rocket or missile, launched from an aircraft while in flight.

Questions about air-launched

What does air-launched mean?
Air-launched means of a rocket or missile, launched from an aircraft while in flight.
What is air-launched the simple past and past participle of?
Air-launched is the simple past and past participle of air-launch.
What part of speech is air-launched?
Air-launched is an adjective.

Words near air-launched in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: air-launched (page history and authors); air-launch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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