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View synonyms for cruise missile

cruise missile

noun

  1. a winged guided missile designed to deliver a conventional or nuclear warhead by flying at low altitudes to avoid detection by radar.


cruise missile

noun

  1. an air-breathing low-flying subsonic missile that is continuously powered and guided throughout its flight and carries a warhead


cruise missile

  1. A military missile equipped with an onboard computer that allows it to guide itself on a preprogrammed course over long distances by sensing the terrain and comparing it to maps stored in its memory. ( See smart weapons (see also smart weapons ).)


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Notes

Cruise missiles first came into public awareness during the Persian Gulf War .

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Example Sentences

When the United States and its cruise missiles arrived, major construction started at the base.

North Korea has built cruise missiles before, but none with the range of the weapons in their weekend test.

These troops are joined by a steady increase in warplanes, attack helicopters, tanks, cruise missiles and all the other matériel necessary for a conventional invasion.

From Time

Its 24 heavyweight weapons, naval cruise missiles, F21 torpedoes, and anti-ship missiles, would be launched from both torpedo tubes on the sides and at the rear of the vessel.

Ships bells, submarine periscopes, cruise missiles and huge Civil War guns are among them.

The decision to rebuild the nuclear triad includes a new long-range cruise missile.

He also warned that cruise missile strikes on Hezbollah forces in Syria would invite a response.

And how much better will Americans feel if a cruise missile hits an apartment building?

The U.S. campaign in Yemen has used conventional weaponry on occasion: sorties by Harriers and even some cruise-missile strikes.

Bin Laden benefited enormously from surviving the cruise missile attack that targeted him in 1998.

The cruise missile production which will begin next year will modernize our strategic air deterrent.

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