guided missile

noun
an aerial missile, as a rocket, steered during its flight by radio signals, clockwork controls, etc.

Origin:
1940–45

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guided missile
 
n
command guidance field guidance homing guidance inertial guidance See also terrestrial guidance a missile, esp one that is rocket-propelled, having a flight path controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal preset or self-actuating homing devices

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Example sentences
The exhibit displays the first fully automated guided missile employed in
  combat.
Naval strategy is outdated by aircraft-launched guided missile technology.
Modern guided missile already possible carry with war head of hydrogen bomb and
  atomic bomb.
One guided missile later, and my mission is complete.
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