antimissile

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ missile

Adjective

antimissile (not comparable)

1. (military) Designed to intercept and destroy another missile in flight.

   antimissile defense

   antimissile missile

Translations

designed to destroy another missile in flight

• Belarusian: проціраке́тны (procirakjétny)
• French: antimissile (fr)
• Khmer: ប្រឆាំងកាំជ្រួច (prɑcʰaŋ kamcruəc)
• Polish: przeciwrakietowy
• Portuguese: antimísseis, antimíssil
• Russian: противораке́тный (ru) (protivorakétnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: антиракетни

  Roman: antiraketni (sh)

• Spanish: antimisil
• Ukrainian: протираке́тний (protyrakétnyj)

Noun

antimissile (plural antimissiles)

1. A missile or system designed to intercept and destroy another missile in flight.
   • 2003, Edward R. Drachman, Alan Shank, You decide!: controversial global issues, page 89:

     In 1946, it pursued the first antimissiles in Projects Thumper and Wizard. These antimissiles could destroy incoming projectiles traveling at 4000 mph and at altitudes reaching 500000 feet.

French

Etymology

From anti- +‎ missile.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

antimissile (plural antimissiles)

1. antimissile

Further reading

• “antimissile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.