BALLISTIC MISSILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ballistic missile mean? 

• BALLISTIC MISSILE (noun)
  The noun BALLISTIC MISSILE has 1 sense:

1. a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target

  Familiarity information: BALLISTIC MISSILE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALLISTIC MISSILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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

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

ICBM; intercontinental ballistic missile (a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another)