MISSILES Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

missiles

noun

plural of missile

as in ammunitions

an object that is thrown, shot, or launched as a weapon The protesters were arrested for throwing missiles at the police.

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Recent Examples of missiles The air force said that five missiles and 155 drones were destroyed or neutralized, with impacts reported across 18 locations. — David Brennan, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 Since the beginning of July, Russian drones and missiles have been terrorizing Kyiv with exceptional intensity. — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026 Iran says the attack on the school involved two separate US Tomahawk missiles but neither the United States nor Israel has officially claimed responsibility for the strike. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 Kennedy’s Blockade In October 1962, President Kennedy learned that Soviet missiles were being installed in Cuba. — Jochen Schwenk, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Kinetic antisatellite weapons are things like missiles or other spacecraft that smash into and shatter satellites. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026 Reaching 1,900 missiles each year will put considerable pressure on the production network behind AMRAAM. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026 That meeting occurred after Russian missiles and drones struck at least four Ukrainian regions overnight, strikes that officials said killed five people. — Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026 Nuclear winter Researchers have long speculated that AI systems could trigger a nuclear war by getting countries to fire warhead-tipped missiles at each other. — Barbara Ortutay, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Relations and exchange programs between Russia and North Korea have been flourishing in recent years, with North Korea supplying ammunitions and troops to support Russia’s war against Ukraine.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
At least 37 people have been killed and dozens wounded after a Russian drone attack on an ammunitions warehouse triggered a large fire and multiple explosions that lasted for hours in a residential area near Kyiv.

— Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of ammunitions

Noun

The future of Serra’s art lay with the plates and, eventually, slabs and forged blocks and rounds of steel that activate the relation of the body to actual space, including outdoor sites both urban and on the land.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue through Thursday night, with heavy rainfall in waves that could lead to flooding along area rivers, creeks and streams, the National Weather Service said.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of rounds

Noun

The buildings themselves were not empty shells; they were established assets with real tenants.

— Khalifa Aldhaheri, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Others, including a company making electronic fuzes for shells used in Gaza, and another that manufactures parts for Israeli tanks, came after.

— Allegra Goodwin, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of shells

Noun

Taking them off at the end of each day is a painful process that involves rubbing alcohol and a light scalping that leaves behind stubborn balls of latex in my hair.

— Kyle Maclachlan, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
Eventually, an agent boarded the bus and fired pepper balls at the men, according to interviews with three of them.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

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