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antimissile

antimissile adjective: designed to intercept and destroy another missile in flight.

Adjective

antimissile (not comparable)

  1. Designed to intercept and destroy another missile in flight.
    • antimissile defense
    • antimissile missile

Noun

antimissile (plural antimissiles)

  1. A missile or system designed to intercept and destroy another missile in flight.
    • In 1946, it pursued the first antimissiles in Projects Thumper and Wizard. These antimissiles could destroy incoming projectiles traveling at 4000 mph and at altitudes reaching 500000 feet.2003, Edward R. Drachman, Alan Shank, You decide!: controversial global issues, page 89

antimissile meaning in Tamil and Urdu

antimissile in Tamil

ஏவுகணை எதிர்

antimissile in Urdu

مِیزائل شِکَن

Forms of antimissile

pluralantimissiles

Origin of antimissile

From anti- + missile.

Questions about antimissile

What does antimissile mean?
Antimissile means designed to intercept and destroy another missile in flight.
What is antimissile in Tamil?
Antimissile in Tamil is ஏவுகணை எதிர். See Antimissile meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is antimissile?
Antimissile can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antimissile in the dictionary

  1. antimiscegenists
  2. antimisogynist
  3. antimisogynistic
  4. antimisogynists
  5. antimisogyny
  6. antimissile
  7. antimissiles
  8. antimission
  9. antimissionaries
  10. antimissionary
  11. antimissioner

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antimissile (page history and authors); antimissile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antimissile (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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