ROCKET FIRING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rocket firing mean? 

• ROCKET FIRING (noun)
  The noun ROCKET FIRING has 1 sense:

1. the launching of a rocket or missile under its own power

  Familiarity information: ROCKET FIRING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROCKET FIRING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The launching of a rocket or missile under its own power

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

rocket firing; rocket launching

Hypernyms ("rocket firing" is a kind of...):

launch; launching (the act of propelling with force)

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

blastoff; shot (the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination)

moon shot (the launching of a spacecraft to the moon)