AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does air-to-surface missile mean? 

• AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE (noun)
  The noun AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE has 1 sense:

1. a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground

  Familiarity information: AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

air-to-ground missile; air-to-surface missile

Hypernyms ("air-to-surface missile" is a kind of...):

missile (a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control)