INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another

Synonyms:

ICBM; intercontinental ballistic missile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("intercontinental ballistic missile" is a kind of...):

ballistic missile (a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intercontinental ballistic missile"):

Minuteman (a strategic weapon system using a guided missile of intercontinental range; missiles are equipped with nuclear warheads and dispersed in hardened silos)

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