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SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
Synonyms:
SAM; surface-to-air missile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("surface-to-air missile" is a kind of...):
guided missile (a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "surface-to-air missile"):
MANPAD (a man-portable surface-to-air missile)
Stinger (a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder)
Holonyms ("surface-to-air missile" is a part of...):
surface-to-air missile system (the shipboard system that fires missiles at aircraft)
