ballistic missile
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ballistic missile
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From ballistic + missile.
noun ballistic missiles
- A missile that is initially guided, but then follows a ballistic (freely falling) trajectory. Russia used its powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile for a third time in Ukraine as part of a massive attack on Kyiv and its surrounding region that killed at least four people and injured about 100.
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noun missile
| Español | misil balístico |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 탄도 미사일 tando misail, 탄도 유도탄 tando yudotan |
| 日本語 | 弾道ミサイル dandō misairu |
| 中文 | 彈道導彈 /弹道导弹 dàndào dǎodàn |
| हिन्दी | बैलिस्टिक प्रक्षेपास्त्र bailisṭik prakṣepāstra, बैलिस्टिक मिसाइल bailisṭik misāil |
| Kiswahili | kombora la balistiki |
| Português | míssil balístico |
| Français | missile balistique |
| Deutsch | ballistische Rakete |
| Italiano | missile balistico |
| Ελληνικά | βαλλιστικός πύραυλος vallistikós pýravlos |
| Română | rachetă balistică |
| Русский | баллисти́ческая раке́та ballistíčeskaja rakéta |
| Tiếng Việt | tên lửa đạn đạo |
| العربية | صَارُوخ بَالِسْتِيّ ṣārūḵ bālistiyy, صَارُوخ قَذْفِيّ ṣārūḵ qaḏfiyy, مَقْذُوف قَذْفِيّ maqḏūf qaḏfiyy, صَارُوخ قَوْسِيّ ṣārūḵ qawsiyy |
| עברית | טִיל בָּלִיסְטִי til balistí |
Talk about this word "ballistic missile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ballistic%20missile. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ballistic missile. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ballistic%20missile "ballistic missile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ballistic%20missile.Cite this
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title = {ballistic missile},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ballistic%20missile},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
