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ICBM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ICBM mean? 

ICBM (noun)
  The noun ICBM has 1 sense:

1. a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to anotherplay

  Familiarity information: ICBM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ICBM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ICBM; intercontinental ballistic missile

Hypernyms ("ICBM" is a kind of...):

ballistic missile (a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target)

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

Minuteman (a strategic weapon system using a guided missile of intercontinental range; missiles are equipped with nuclear warheads and dispersed in hardened silos)


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