Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
missile .
Etymologies
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Examples
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That thing alone weighed about six pounds, stuffed with the missilelike 750-grain cartridges, immensely heavy for their size.
Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010
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That thing alone weighed about six pounds, stuffed with the missilelike 750-grain cartridges, immensely heavy for their size.
Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010
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There was one mold Erica had never used, sort of guided missilelike, because it made her feel uneasy somehow.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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There was one mold Erica had never used, sort of guided missilelike, because it made her feel uneasy somehow.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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There was one mold Erica had never used, sort of guided missilelike, because it made her feel uneasy somehow.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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After observing woodpeckers in the lab's wind tunnel both flying and "bounding" - gliding missilelike with their wings tucked, a behavior not previously identified in these birds - Dr.
NYT > Home Page By JIM ROBBINS 2011
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After observing woodpeckers in the lab's wind tunnel both flying and "bounding" - gliding missilelike with their wings tucked, a behavior not previously identified in these birds - Dr.
NYT > Home Page By JIM ROBBINS 2011
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After observing woodpeckers in the lab's wind tunnel both flying and "bounding" - gliding missilelike with their wings tucked, a behavior not previously identified in these birds - Dr.
NYT > Global Home By JIM ROBBINS 2011
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