antimissile

antimissile

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ missile

Adjective

antimissile (not comparable)

1. (military) Designed to intercept and destroy another missile in flight.

   antimissile defense

   antimissile missile

Translations

designed to destroy another missile in flight

Belarusian: проціраке́тны (procirakjétny) French: antimissile (fr) Khmer: ប្រឆាំងកាំជ្រួច (prɑcʰaŋ kamcruəc) Polish: przeciwrakietowy Portuguese: antimísseis, antimíssil Russian: противораке́тный (ru) (protivorakétnyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: антиракетни Roman: antiraketni (sh) Spanish: antimisil Ukrainian: протираке́тний (protyrakétnyj)

Noun

antimissile (plural antimissiles)

1. A missile or system designed to intercept and destroy another missile in flight.
   • 2003, Edward R. Drachman, Alan Shank, You decide!: controversial global issues (page 89)

     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.

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French

Etymology

anti- +‎ missile

Pronunciation

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Adjective

antimissile (plural antimissiles)

1. antimissile

Further reading

• “antimissile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.