ballistic missile
ballistic missile noun: a missile that is initially guided, but then follows a ballistic (freely falling) trajectory.
Noun
ballistic missile (plural ballistic missiles)
- A missile that is initially guided, but then follows a ballistic (freely falling) trajectory.
- Russia used its powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile for a third time in Ukraine as part of a massive attack on Kyiv and its surrounding region that killed at least four people and injured about 100.2026 May 24, Jennifer Rankin, “Russia hits Kyiv with hypersonic ballistic missile in ‘deranged’ attack”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 May 2026
ballistic missile meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
ballistic missile in Hindi
- missile
- बैलिस्टिक प्रक्षेपास्त्र bailisṭik prakṣepāstra, बैलिस्टिक मिसाइल bailisṭik misāil
ballistic missile in Tamil
- தொலையீர்ப்பு ஏவுகணை
ballistic missile in Urdu
- missile
- بَیلِسْٹِک مِیزائِل bailisṭik mīzāil
ballistic missile in Bengali
- missile
- নিক্ষেপী ক্ষেপণাস্ত্র nikkhepi kheponastro
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- ballistic missile in Arabic
- صَارُوخ بَالِسْتِيّ ṣārūḵ bālistiyy, صَارُوخ قَذْفِيّ ṣārūḵ qaḏfiyy, مَقْذُوف قَذْفِيّ maqḏūf qaḏfiyy, صَارُوخ قَوْسِيّ ṣārūḵ qawsiyy
- ballistic missile in Malay
- peluru berpandu balistik
- ballistic missile in Indonesian
- rudal balistik, peluru kendali balistik
- ballistic missile in Thai
- ขีปนาวุธ kǐi-bpà-naa-wút
- ballistic missile in Vietnamese
- tên lửa đạn đạo
Forms of ballistic missile
| plural | ballistic missiles |
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Origin of ballistic missile
From ballistic + missile.
Words formed from ballistic missile
Questions about ballistic missile
- What does ballistic missile mean?
- Ballistic missile means a missile that is initially guided, but then follows a ballistic (freely falling) trajectory.
- What is ballistic missile in Hindi?
- Ballistic missile in Hindi is बैलिस्टिक प्रक्षेपास्त्र (bailisṭik prakṣepāstra), बैलिस्टिक मिसाइल (bailisṭik misāil). See Ballistic missile meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ballistic missile?
- Ballistic missile is a noun.
- What is the plural of ballistic missile?
- The plural of ballistic missile is ballistic missiles.
Words near ballistic missile in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ballistic missile (page history and authors); ballistic missile (Tamil 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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