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ballistic missile

–noun Rocketry.
any missile that, after being launched and possibly guided during takeoff, travels unpowered in a ballistic trajectory.

Origin:
1950–55
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ballistic missile  
n.  A projectile that assumes a free-falling trajectory after an internally guided, self-powered ascent.
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