missile meaning
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[ˈmɪsaɪl] [-ɪsaɪl] [ˈmɪsəl] [-ɪsəl] WMissile
- In modern military usage, a missile, or guided missile, is a self-propelled precision-guided munition system, as opposed to an unguided self-propelled munition, referred to as a rocket.
- In ordinary British-English usage predating guided weapons, a missile is "any thrown object", such as objects thrown at players by rowdy spectators at a sporting event.
FR missile 
- NounPLmissilesPREmis-SUF-ile
- Any object used as a weapon to hit the enemy or prey through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.
- The Rhodians, who used leaden bullets, were able to project their missiles twice as far as the Persian slingers, who used large stones.
- (military) A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after having been launched.
- That missile is explosive enough to kill hundreds.
- Any object used as a weapon to hit the enemy or prey through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- As things turned out, all the enemy missiles were destroyed in flight -- two were hit very early after launch by an airborne laser system -- and a Sophie's choice was averted."
- “We will have to retarget our missiles on the objects that we think threaten our national security,” he said.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The pilot zeroed in on the bunker and launched a guided missile.
- The pilot zeroed in and launched the guided missile.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of missile in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "missile" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.