Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a missile.

Etymologies

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missile +‎ -like

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Examples

  • That thing alone weighed about six pounds, stuffed with the missilelike 750-grain cartridges, immensely heavy for their size.

    Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010

  • That thing alone weighed about six pounds, stuffed with the missilelike 750-grain cartridges, immensely heavy for their size.

    Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010

  • There was one mold Erica had never used, sort of guided missilelike, because it made her feel uneasy somehow.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • There was one mold Erica had never used, sort of guided missilelike, because it made her feel uneasy somehow.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • There was one mold Erica had never used, sort of guided missilelike, because it made her feel uneasy somehow.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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