Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 5 compound words that contain missiles. The most common are listed below. Open missiles in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- ballistic missilesplural of ballistic missile: A missile that is initially guided, but then follows a ballistic (freely falling) trajectory.
- cruise missilesplural of cruise missile: A missile designed for guided flight over the full course of its path.
- guided missilesplural of guided missile: An unmanned, self-propelled vehicle that travels through the air to deliver a warhead to a predetermined point, keeping itself on course by making corrections via its control surfaces.
- Patriot missilesplural of Patriot missile: Any of a cluster of missiles used in the MIM-104 Patriot missile system
- anti-ship missilesplural of anti-ship missile: A guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats.
- anti-ballistic missilesplural of anti-ballistic missile: A missile designed to shoot down ballistic missiles in flight.
- intercontinental ballistic missilesplural of intercontinental ballistic missile: A class of long-range missiles associated especially with carrying nuclear warheads.
- hypersonic missilesplural of hypersonic missile: A missile that travels at speeds greater than Mach 5 and can maneuver during atmospheric flight, making it extremely difficult to detect and intercept.
- air-to-air missilesplural of air-to-air missile: A missile that is fired from an aircraft to attack another aircraft.
- air-to-surface missilesplural of air-to-surface missile: A missile that is fired from an aircraft to the ground.
- surface-to-air missilesplural of surface-to-air missile: A ground-based anti-aircraft missile.
- surface-to-surface missilesplural of surface-to-surface missile: A ground-based missile that can target other objects on the ground.
- TOW missilesplural of TOW missile: A kind of antitank missile.
- antiballistic missilesplural of antiballistic missile: A missile designed to shoot down ballistic missiles in flight.
- antiship missilesplural of antiship missile: A guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats.
Compound words 5
- antimissilesplural of antimissile: Designed to intercept and destroy another missile in flight.
- Euromissilesplural of Euromissile: An American or Soviet missile stationed in a European country during the Cold War
- submissilesplural of submissile: A missile that detaches from a larger missile.
- supermissilesplural of supermissile: Any massive object used as a superweapon by being thrown or fired through the air.
- hypermissilesplural of hypermissile: An extremely advanced and powerful missile or projectile; a supermissile.