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GUIDED MISSILE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("guided missile" is a kind of...):
missile (a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control)
Meronyms (parts of "guided missile"):
guidance device; guidance system (a system of equipment for automatically guiding the path of a vehicle (especially a missile))
homing device (the mechanism in a guided missile that guides it toward its objective)
load; payload; warhead (the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guided missile"):
ABM; antiballistic missile (a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles)
buzz bomb; doodlebug; flying bomb; robot bomb; V-1 (a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb)
Exocet (a guided missile developed by the French government for use against ships)
space probe (a rocket-propelled guided missile that can escape the earth's atmosphere; makes observations of the solar system that cannot be made by terrestrial observation)
SAM; surface-to-air missile (a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target)
