| NOUN | artifact | projectile, missile | a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled |
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| artifact | projectile, rocket | any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | projectile | impelling or impelled forward |
| Sounds | prahjheh'ktahl; prahjheh'ktayl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| aisle ... worthwhile: 64 rhymes with ayl... | ||
| Meaning | impelling or impelled forward. | |
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| Examples |
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| Broader | dynamic, dynamical | Characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality |
| Nouns | projectile | a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled |
| projectile | any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine | |
| Meaning | A weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled. | |
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| Synonym | missile | |
| Narrower | arrow | A projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other |
| boomerang, throwing stick, throw stick | A curved piece of wood | |
| bullet, slug | A projectile that is fired from a gun | |
| cannonball, cannon ball, round shot | A solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon | |
| dart | A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot | |
| seeker | A missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves) | |
| shot, pellet | A solid missile discharged from a firearm | |
| spitball | A projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere | |
| Broader | weapon, arm, weapon system | Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting |
| Spanish | proyectil | |
| Catalan | míssil, projectil | |
| Adjectives | projectile | impelling or impelled forward |
| Meaning | Any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine. | |
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| Synonym | rocket | |
| Parts | rocket, rocket engine | A jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion |
| Narrower | missile | A rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives |
| multistage rocket, step rocket | A rocket having two or more rocket engines (each with its own fuel) that are fired in succession and jettisoned when the fuel is exhausted | |
| test rocket, research rocket, test instrument vehicle | A rocket fired for test purposes | |
| Broader | vehicle | A conveyance that transports people or objects |
| Spanish | cohete | |
| Catalan | coet | |
| Adjectives | projectile | impelling or impelled forward |
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