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Projectile meaning in English

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Projectile

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Noun

1. missile, projectile

a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled

2. projectile, rocket

any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

Adjective

3. projectile

impelling or impelled forward

Example Sentences:
'a projectile force'
'a projectile missile'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Projectile

see synonyms of projectile
noun
1. 
an object or body thrown forwards
2. 
any self-propelling missile, esp one powered by a rocket or the rocket itself
3. 
any object that can be fired from a gun, such as a bullet or shell
adjective
4. 
capable of being or designed to be hurled forwards
5. 
projecting or thrusting forwards
6. zoology another word for protrusile

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Projectile

see synonyms of projectile
noun
1. 
an object designed to be hurled or shot forward, as a cannon shell or rocket
2. 
anything thrown forward
adjective
3. 
designed to be hurled forward, as a javelin
4. 
hurling forward
projectile force
5.  Zoology
that can be thrust out, as a tentacle

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Projectile

see synonyms of projectile
n.
1. A fired, thrown, or otherwise propelled object, such as a bullet, having no capacity for self-propulsion.
2. A self-propelled missile, such as a rocket.
adj.
1. Capable of being impelled or hurled forward.
2. Driving forward; impelling: a projectile force.
3. Zoology Capable of being thrust outward; protrusile.

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