What part of speech is missile?

Missile can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. missile is a noun, singular of missiles.

Inflections

Noun

What does missile mean?

Definitions

Noun

missile - a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control
missile - a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled

Examples of missile

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1. noun There is considerable evidence that it is developing both a long-range missile force and a range of weapons of mass destruction.
2. noun The CSIS report cites numerous areas where Iran has funded modernization including the most troublesome aspect, anti-shipping cruise missiles: 'Iran has obtained new anti-ship missiles and missile patrol craft from China, midget submarines from North Korea, submarines from Russia, and modern mines.'"
3. noun It is Iran's missile armaments that pose the greatest concern for American forces in the Gulf, especially for the US Navy.
4. noun Missile batteries arrayed in those mountains could raise bloody havoc with any fleet deployed below.
5. noun The missile's manufacturers state that one or two missiles could cripple a destroyer, and five missiles could sink a 20,000 ton ship.
6. noun The Sunburn is also superior to the Exocet missile.
7. noun The Sunburn missile, with its incredible speed and ability to avoid radar detection, would do terrible damage these ships if Iran chooses to retaliate in the Gulf after an American attack within its borders.
8. noun If Iran and Syria - with their significant armaments, missile technologies and suspected chemical weapons capabilities - decide to engage with the relatively undersized US force in Iraq, our troops there will be fish in a barrel.
9. noun Number of Bush administration public statements on National security and defense in the same period that mentioned missile defence.
10. noun The missile attack took a heavy toll of lives.
11. noun Better to extend an olive branch than launch a missile.
12. noun On September 20, 1951, a monkey named Yorick and 11 mice were recovered after an Aerobee missile flight of 236,000 feet at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Yorick got a fair amount of press as the first monkey to live through a space flight.
13. noun At first, the missile designers would not talk to him because they thought of him as an inexperienced novice.
14. noun This missile is a mobile weapon which can be moved rapidly from one place to another.
15. noun The surface-to-air missile intercepted the ninth fighter.
Sentence  
noun
There is considerable evidence that it is developing both a long-range missile force and a range of weapons of mass destruction.
The CSIS report cites numerous areas where Iran has funded modernization including the most troublesome aspect, anti-shipping cruise missiles: 'Iran has obtained new anti-ship missiles and missile patrol craft from China, midget submarines from North Korea, submarines from Russia, and modern mines.'"
It is Iran's missile armaments that pose the greatest concern for American forces in the Gulf, especially for the US Navy.
Missile batteries arrayed in those mountains could raise bloody havoc with any fleet deployed below.
The missile's manufacturers state that one or two missiles could cripple a destroyer, and five missiles could sink a 20,000 ton ship.
The Sunburn is also superior to the Exocet missile.
The Sunburn missile, with its incredible speed and ability to avoid radar detection, would do terrible damage these ships if Iran chooses to retaliate in the Gulf after an American attack within its borders.
If Iran and Syria - with their significant armaments, missile technologies and suspected chemical weapons capabilities - decide to engage with the relatively undersized US force in Iraq, our troops there will be fish in a barrel.
Number of Bush administration public statements on National security and defense in the same period that mentioned missile defence.
The missile attack took a heavy toll of lives.
Better to extend an olive branch than launch a missile.
On September 20, 1951, a monkey named Yorick and 11 mice were recovered after an Aerobee missile flight of 236,000 feet at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Yorick got a fair amount of press as the first monkey to live through a space flight.
At first, the missile designers would not talk to him because they thought of him as an inexperienced novice.
This missile is a mobile weapon which can be moved rapidly from one place to another.
The surface-to-air missile intercepted the ninth fighter.

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