| NOUN | artifact | SAM, surface-to-air missile | a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target |
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| Sounds | sae'm | |
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| Rhymes | Abraham ... yam: 73 rhymes with aem... | |
| Meaning | A guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target. | |
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| Synonym | surface-to-air missile | |
| Part of | surface-to-air missile system | The shipboard system that fires missiles at aircraft |
| Narrower | MANPAD | A man-portable surface-to-air missile |
| Stinger | A portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse | |
| Broader | guided missile | A rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices |
| Spanish | missil tierra-aire | |
| Catalan | míssil sòl-aire, míssil terra-aire | |
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