missile

Noun
  1. A rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives;
    May be ballistic or directed by remote control (synset 103779037)
    is a type of:
    subtypes:
    • air-to-air missile - a missile designed to be launched from one airplane at another
    • air-to-ground missile, air-to-surface missile - a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground
    • ballistic missile - a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target
    • guided missile - a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices
    • heat-seeking missile - a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine)
    • sidewinder - air-to-air missile with infrared homing device
    has:
    • nose - a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)
    • vane - a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it
  2. A weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled (synset 104015010)
    is a type of: arm, weapon, weapon system - any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
    subtypes:
    • arrow - a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow
    • boomerang, throw stick, throwing stick - a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower
    • bullet, slug - a projectile that is fired from a gun
    • cannon ball, cannonball, round shot - a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon
    • dart - a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
    • seeker - a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)
    • pellet, shot - a solid missile discharged from a firearm
    • spitball - a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere
    same as: projectile

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