- an object or weapon for throwing, hurling, or shooting, as a stone, bullet, or arrow.
- guided missile.
- ballistic missile.
- capable of being thrown, hurled, or shot, as from the hand or a gun.
- used or designed for discharging missiles.
- any object or weapon that is thrown at a target or shot from an engine, gun, etc
- a rocket-propelled weapon that flies either in a fixed trajectory (ballistic missile) or in a trajectory that can be controlled during flight (guided missile)
- (as modifier)