Synonyms for missile
ˈmɪs əl; esp. Brit. -aɪlmis·sile

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1. missile

   Synonyms:
   projectile

   Antonyms:
   artillery, band-arms, sidearm

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1. missilenoun

   a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control

   Synonyms:
   projectile

2. projectile, missilenoun

   a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled

   Synonyms:
   rocket, projectile

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1. • Rocket
   • Weapon

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1. missilenoun

   Synonyms:
   projectile

2. missileadjective

   Synonyms:
   missive, to be thrown

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1. missilenoun

   Synonyms:
   projectile, dejectile

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1. List of paraphrases for "missile":

   missiles, rocket, rockets, anti-missile, antimissile, guided-missile, shells, projectiles, rpgs, truncheon, ballistic

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1. Edward Markey:

   President Trump never codified in writing North Koreas missile and nuclear testing freeze, without that formal commitment, North Korea might claim it is doing nothing wrong and derail the fragile diplomatic process underway.

2. Antoni Macierewicz:

   Indeed, the recent talks between Raytheon (and Poland) are very, very promising and one may say that a breakthrough has taken place, raytheon has agreed to our minimal condition aimed at securing that at least 50 percent of the money which is to be spent of the Patriot system (Raytheon's missile defense system) would be spent on works done by Polish plants.

3. Vice Foreign Minister Han Song-you:

   We’ll be conducting more missile tests on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis.

4. Hossein Jaberi Ansari:

   The U.S. sanctions against Iran's ballistic missile programme ... have no legal or moral legitimacy.

5. Kevin McCarthy:

   Instead of undermining Congressional intent regarding the visa waiver program, the White House should instead focus on Iran’s repeated violations of the U.N. Security Council's bans on missile tests, iran’s unwillingness to follow these international agreements should be a red flag that the Iran nuclear deal is n’t worth the paper it is written on.