Usually means: Weapon launched, arcs through air.
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  1. ballistic missile: Merriam-Webster
  2. ballistic missile: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ballistic missile: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ballistic missile: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ballistic missile: Vocabulary.com
  6. ballistic-missile, ballistic missile: Wordnik
  7. ballistic missile: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. ballistic missile: Wiktionary
  9. ballistic missile: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. ballistic missile: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. ballistic missile: Dictionary.com
  12. Ballistic-missile, Ballistic missile: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. ballistic missile: Rhymezone
  14. ballistic missile: FreeDictionary.org
  15. ballistic missile: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. ballistic missile: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. ballistic missile: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  18. ballistic missile: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Ballistic-missile, ballistic missile: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ballistic missile)

▸ noun:  (military, astronautics) A missile that is initially guided, but then follows a ballistic (freely falling) trajectory.

Similar:
anti-ballistic missile, flight, guided missile, cruise missile, aeroballistics, air-to-surface missile, flight path, air-to-air missile, inertial guidance, teleguidance, more...

Phrases:
intercontinental ballistic missile, fleet ballistic missile submarine, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, intermediate range ballistic missile, Air-launched ballistic missile, more...

Adjectives:
scud, marv, semiballistic, bomber, pop-up, antimissile, projectile, sam, self-seeking, retrofire, hardpoint

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Similar:
anti-ballistic missile, flight, guided missile, cruise missile, aeroballistics, air-to-surface missile, flight path, air-to-air missile, inertial guidance, teleguidance, more...

Phrases:
intercontinental ballistic missile, fleet ballistic missile submarine, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, intermediate range ballistic missile, Air-launched ballistic missile, more...

Adjectives:
scud, marv, semiballistic, bomber, pop-up, antimissile, projectile, sam, self-seeking, retrofire, hardpoint



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