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    missile
    mis‧sile /ˈmɪsaɪl $ ˈmɪsəl/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Latin
     Origin: missilis 'able to be thrown', from mittere; ⇨ mission
    1. a weapon that can fly over long distances and that explodes when it hits the thing it has been aimed at:
        a nuclear missile
        a missile attack
    2. an object that is thrown at someone in order to hurt them:
        Demonstrators threw missiles at the police.
    ⇨ ballistic missile, cruise missile, guided missile