guided missile
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1. a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | missile, |
| definition | : | a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | abm, antiballistic missile, |
| definition | : | a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | exocet, |
| definition | : | a guided missile developed by the French government for use against ships (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | space probe, |
| definition | : | a rocket-propelled guided missile that can escape the earth's atmosphere; makes observations of the solar system that cannot be made by terrestrial observation (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | sam, surface-to-air missile, |
| definition | : | a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | guidance device, guidance system, |
| definition | : | a system of equipment for automatically guiding the path of a vehicle (especially a missile) (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | homing device, |
| definition | : | the mechanism in a guided missile that guides it toward its objective (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | load, payload, warhead, |
| definition | : | the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents (noun.artifact) |
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