How to Use missile in a Sentence

missile

1 of 2 adjective
  • Missile experts say the North’s shift to solids came as a surprise.
    David E. Sanger and William J. Broad, New York Times, 29 May 2017
  • Which might then prompt the United States to deploy yet more anti-missile missiles.
    David Axe, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The test was the first multi-missile launch from a Russian ballistic missile submarine in two years.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 Dec. 2020
  • The United States operates a testing site for missiles and anti-missile defense there.
    Doug Thompson, Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2021
  • True, Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system destroyed most of the incoming rockets over our cities.
    Yossi Klein Halevi, Star Tribune, 25 May 2021
  • Even the most penetrating rhetoric is not an anti-missile defense system.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2022
  • The Ukrainian leader continued to urge the West to provide his country with heavier and faster equipment, such as warplanes and more anti-missile systems.
    Nelson Oliveira, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2022
  • That includes giving the Ukrainians the ability to protect their own skies with anti-missile batteries.
    Michael Bociurkiw, CNN, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The less warning a target country has of an incoming nuclear strike, the less likely its anti-missile defenses are to work.
    David Axe, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Later, Polish officials said the blast was likely caused by a Ukrainian anti-missile system.
    NBC News, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Each may be able to carry enough nuclear warheads to overwhelm anti-missile defence systems.
    The Economist, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Missile experts haven't identified the four intermediate-range missiles that landed on Monday off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, about 620 miles from its...
    Jonathan Cheng, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2017
  • The battle over that tiny, treeless island also was a dramatic demonstration of the effectiveness—or ineffectiveness—of the Tor in its anti-missile role.
    David Axe, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • The exact equipment set is a secret, but the helicopters are believed to incorporate anti-missile defenses to prevent their downing by surface-to-air missiles.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Iron Dome capability, after the short range anti-missile defense system was depleted by Hamas rocket fire during the latest Gaza conflict, in May.
    Ron Kampeas, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Zircon,, described as the world’s fastest non-ballistic missile, can be armed with either a conventional or a nuclear warhead, and is said to be impossible to stop with current anti-missile defense systems.
    Yuras Karmanau, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2022
  • While many rockets are brought down by Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system, Israelis are also alerted to incoming munitions by sirens and app notifications.
    NBC News, 15 May 2021
  • Each time, Israeli leaders assured the public that their army, equipped with infallible military intelligence, and defended by high-tech anti-missile defense and a multibillion-dollar state of the art border wall, would keep them safe.
    Zev Chafets, Star Tribune, 13 May 2021
  • The anti-missile systems, however, are designed to track and hit missiles coming in at a higher altitude, and low-flying drones provide a more challenging target, particularly when launched in higher numbers.
    NBC News, 12 Mar. 2021
  • As Hamas has fired hundreds of rockets into Israel, most of them intercepted by anti-missile defenses, Israel’s military has pounded hundreds of sites in Gaza, where some 2 million people live squeezed into a tight urban fabric.
    Fares Akram, USA TODAY, 19 May 2021
  • Kishida said Japan urgently needs to build more warships, strengthen anti-missile capability and improve working conditions for troops.
    Mari Yamaguchi, ajc, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Russia developed the system from an anti-missile system originally meant to protect Moscow from nuclear attack.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 17 Dec. 2020
  • The Constellation ships are multi-mission ships that are capable of anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare (anti-ship and land attack), and anti-air warfare (anti-aircraft, anti-missile, and now anti-drone) missions.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 Jan. 2021
  • But beyond individual missiles, the U.S. may be considering anti-missile batteries like the Patriot system.
    Conor Finnegan, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Moscow is reportedly helping Beijing develop an anti-missile air defense system, says Dr. Korolev.
    Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Upgrades have included a larger, 120-millimeter gun, digital communications system, and now the Trophy active protection anti-missile system.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2020
  • Missile experts say the North’s shift to solids came as a surprise.
    David E. Sanger and William J. Broad, New York Times, 29 May 2017
  • Which might then prompt the United States to deploy yet more anti-missile missiles.
    David Axe, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The test was the first multi-missile launch from a Russian ballistic missile submarine in two years.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 Dec. 2020
  • The United States operates a testing site for missiles and anti-missile defense there.
    Doug Thompson, Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2021
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missile

2 of 2 noun
  • The vehicle struck by the Russian missile has four large wheels and sits high off the ground.
    Michael Biesecker, Fortune, 9 June 2023
  • The missiles landed in the water without hitting the ship.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • There were no reports of drones or missiles launched from Iraq.
    USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The oil markets have largely shrugged off the drone and missile attacks so far.
    Stanley Reed, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The four days without missile strikes created a chance for some to harvest olives or search for medicine.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2023
  • When the gunmen refused, the Israeli military launched missiles and grenades at the building to try to force them out.
    Isabel Debre The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Salon owners go to work despite the constant threat of missile strikes.
    Longreads, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But with the skies filled once again with missiles and bombs, the deluge of casualties had resumed.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • New England’s dirt has rocks; Allen puts it through giant sieves so the spinning truck tires don’t launch stone missiles into the crowd.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Maersk said that the ship was targeted by a missile, and the crew and vessel were reported safe.
    NBC News, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Russia still has a vast advantage in long-range missiles and drones.
    Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
  • That night, a Russian missile struck an apartment building in the city, killing ten civilians and wounding dozens more.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Residents in Seoul watched a North Korea missile launch this spring.
    Robert McMillan, WSJ, 11 June 2023
  • After his second-quarter touchdown, Kelce threw the football into the stands like a missile, blew a kiss and flashed a hand heart.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
  • There are regular training flights since the park is surrounded by an air force base and a missile range.
    Geoffrey Morrison, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Danilov said that Zelensky wrote the first decree helping to create the missile program in March 2020.
    Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Both missiles landed in the water about 10 nautical miles from the vessels, and no one was injured, the news release says.
    Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • But the missiles also resulted in the deaths of 12 other people, some of whom succumbed to heart attacks.
    Boaz Dvir, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Over the weekend, two container ships were struck by Houthi missiles, setting them ablaze.
    Noah Rothman, National Review, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Fears of missile attacks are a reality of life for people living in that area of Israel — hence the safe rooms in most homes.
    Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Residents are forced to leave their homes to fill up water tanks, the 33-year-old told CNN by phone, which puts them at risk of being struck by Israeli missiles.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The missiles will allow the Ukrainian military to strike at Russian supply lines and command posts well beyond the front lines.
    David Martin, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The Rafael Peralta is a fearsome presence: five hundred and nine feet long, armed with some ninety-six missiles.
    Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Most of them do not have anti-ship missiles; photos show they have been replaced with water cannons.
    New York Times, 14 June 2023
  • Thousands of families were displaced from southern Israel and along the northern border by fighting and missiles in the first two weeks of the war.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2024
  • They were flanked by tanks, missiles and other weapons in a show of military preparedness and readiness.
    Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Macron also announced plans for a new coalition to acquire and deliver medium- and long-range missiles.
    Peter Aitken, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The missile, experts believe, was launched at about 2 p.m. from Druzhkivka, which is about 10 miles northwest of Kostiantynivka.
    Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Russia, which has hit civilian targets with missiles and drones routinely since starting the war last year, stepped up airstrikes against Kyiv.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 2 June 2023
  • Thousands of Palestinians are being killed with bombs, bullets and missiles paid for by U.S. tax dollars.
    Sarah Beth Hensley, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2023

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