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ballistic missiles

ballistic missiles is the plural of ballistic missile.

Meaning of ballistic missile

Noun

ballistic missile (plural ballistic missiles)

  1. 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

Questions about ballistic missiles

What is ballistic missiles the plural of?
Ballistic missiles is the plural of ballistic missile.

Words near ballistic missiles in the dictionary

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  10. ballistic vest
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