missile
Syllables: mis·sileUK/ˈmɪs.aɪl//ˈmɪs.(ə)l/
missile noun: any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.
Noun
missile (plural missiles)
- Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.
- The Rhodians, who used leaden bullets, were able to project their missiles twice as far as the Persian slingers, who used large stones.
- And I saw askant the armies, / I saw as in noiseless dreams hundreds of battle-flags, / Borne through the smoke of the battles and pierc’d with missiles I saw them, / And carried hither and yon through the smoke, and torn and bloody, / And at last but a few shreds left on the staffs, (and all in...1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems
- A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched.
- That missile is explosive enough to kill hundreds.
missile meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
missile in Hindi
- air-based weapon
- प्रक्षेपास्त्र prakṣepāstra
- self-propelled, guidable projectile
- प्रक्षेपास्त्र prakṣepāstra, राकेट rākeṭ, मिसाइल misāil, प्रक्षेपणास्त्र prakṣepṇāstra
missile in Tamil
- ஏவுகணை, எறிபடை, ஓர் இலக்கைத் தாக்குவதற்காக எறியப்படும்
missile in Marathi
- air-based weapon
- क्षेपणास्त्र kṣepṇāstra, मिसाइल misāil
- self-propelled, guidable projectile
- क्षेपणास्त्र kṣepṇāstra
missile in Urdu
- self-propelled, guidable projectile
- راکِٹ rākiṭ, مِیزائِل mīzāil
More languagesFewer languages
- missile in Bengali
- ক্ষেপণাস্ত্র kheponastro, মিসাইল miśail
- missile in Telugu
- క్షిపణి kṣipaṇi, మిస్సైల్ missail
- missile in Malayalam
- ഒരു പറക്കും ബോംബ്, മിസൈൽ, ചാട്ടുളി, ക്ഷേപിണി
- missile in Kannada
- ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಸ್ತ್ರ brahmāstra, ಕ್ಷಿಪಣಿ kṣipaṇi
- missile in Punjabi
- ਮਿਜ਼ਾਈਲ, ਮਿਜ਼ਾਇਲ
- missile in Gujarati
- મિસાઈલ, મિસાઇલ
- missile in Odia
- କ୍ଷେପଣାସ୍ତ୍ର
- missile in Sanskrit
- अस्त्र astra, हेषस् heṣas
- missile in Sinhala
- මිසයිල misayila
- missile in Nepali
- मिसाइल, क्षेप्यास्त्र
- missile in Pashto
- مزایل mazāyel
- missile in Arabic
- قَذِيفَة qaḏīfa, صَارُوخ ṣārūḵ, مَقْذُوف maqḏūf
- missile in Malay
- peluru berpandu
- missile in Indonesian
- peluru kendali, rudal, misil
- missile in Thai
- ขีปนาวุธ kǐi-bpà-naa-wút, จรวด jà-rùuat
- missile in Vietnamese
- đạn tự hành
- missile in Myanmar
- ဒုံးပျံ dum:pyam
- Kashmiri
- میٖزٲیِل mīzạ̄yil
Examples of missile in a sentence
- The pilot zeroed in on the bunker and launched a guided missile.
- A TOW missile is an antitank weapon capable of killing everyone in a tank from great distance.
- A single EXOCET antiship missile can sink a destroyer. Try not to get hit.
Antonyms of missile
Forms of missile
| plural | missiles |
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Origin of missile
From Latin missile (“thrown weapon, projectile”), neuter of missilis (“throwable, capable of being thrown”), from mittere (“to send”). From 1611. Compare Middle French missile (“projectile”), from 1636.
Words formed from missile
Phrases with missile
Questions about missile
- What does missile mean?
- Missile means any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.
- What is missile in Hindi?
- Missile in Hindi is प्रक्षेपास्त्र (prakṣepāstra), राकेट (rākeṭ), मिसाइल (misāil). See Missile meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is missile?
- Missile is a noun.
- How do you pronounce missile?
- Missile is pronounced /ˈmɪs.aɪl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of missile?
- The plural of missile is missiles.
Words near missile in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: missile (page history and authors); missile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); missile (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); missile (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); missile (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); missile (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); missile (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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