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CRUISE MISSILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cruise missile mean? 

CRUISE MISSILE (noun)
  The noun CRUISE MISSILE has 1 sense:

1. an unmanned aircraft that is a self-contained bombplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CRUISE MISSILE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An unmanned aircraft that is a self-contained bomb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

aircraft (a vehicle that can fly)

bomb (an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions)


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