mirv
mirv verb: to attack with MIRV missiles.
Verb
mirv (third-person singular simple present mirvs, present participle mirving, simple past and past participle mirved)
- To attack with MIRV missiles.
Noun capitalized: MIRV
MIRV (plural MIRVs)
- Initialism of multiple independently-targettable reentry vehicle; the independently targettable reentry capsule for a ballistic missile's payload, typically a nuclear weapon, where the missile has multiple instances of such.
- Picking up where we had left off at Vladivostok, we discussed verification of underground nuclear tests that each side could conduct, and also the rules for counting MIRVs — how to tell whether a missile had a single or a multiple warhead. There the Soviets granted a concession. If they placed a...1980, Gerald Ford, A Time to Heal, New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 294
- The M.I.R.V. is a tactical nuke. Uh, fifty kilotons, nominal yield, say… five times Hiroshima.1989, James Cameron, The Abyss (motion picture), spoken by Lt. Hiram Coffey (Michael Biehn)
Forms of mirv
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | mirvs |
| present participle | mirving |
| past participle | mirved |
| past | mirved |
| Noun | |
| plural | MIRVs |
Words formed from mirv
- MIRV missile
Questions about mirv
- What does mirv mean?
- Mirv means to attack with MIRV missiles.
- What part of speech is mirv?
- Mirv can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of mirv?
- The past tense of mirv is mirved.
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