PROJECTILE Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

projectile

noun

Definition of projectile

as in missile

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Recent Examples of projectile An unidentified projectile struck and disabled an oil tanker about nine nautical miles northeast of Oman’s Ash Shishah, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported. — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026 Auriga can, for example, alter launch velocity depending on the mass of the projectile, the required range and the type of target being engaged. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026 Ship traffic through the vital chokepoint has plunged, with an unidentified projectile damaging a vessel and causing a crew casualty, heightening fears over global energy supplies and maritime security. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Kids love shooting off rockets in the backyard, but in this stunt, Knoxville goes one better, strapping himself to a gigantic projectile. — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for projectile

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Noun

More than half of the cost has come from replacing missiles and other munitions used during the conflict.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
In July, a YFQ-44A fired an AIM-120 air-to-air missile at a digital target during a live-fire test.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of missile

Noun

Even when port maneuvering and unloading on diesel power, the battery helps reduce the load on the engines.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
So even though Williams, 27, is one of the team’s top players, no one from coaching or training staff has approached him (and his 80 career games) about load management.

— Chad Graff, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of load

Noun

According to a criminal complaint, Young used shell corporations and fraudulent billing practices to misappropriate funds intended for homeless housing, including through programs administered by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
On the apparel front, a Ballistic Tech Vest harkens back to ’90s utility gear, while Gore-Tex rears its head again on a circa-2000 Mountain Jacket with seam seals and another shell that reaches full length.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of shell

Noun

Nope, the way van den Berg is wired, nothing else made sense but a full-launch cannonball and a hope that everyone around him might notice the splash.

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
After a few minutes, there was a dive off the arch, followed by a cannonball from the next person, a backflip from a third and then other more spectacular and daring stunts from the flock.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of cannonball

Noun

Sher did fall short of convincing Deukmejian to sign one of his bills — a whimsical measure inspired by a Camp Fire girls and boys troop to proclaim the banana slug to be the official state mollusk.

— Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
But in an aging lineup that has lacked slug for the majority of the second half, an absence such this is not nearly as easy to cover.

— Katie Woo, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of slug

Noun

That nets you the filtration device, two hoses, five pre-filter heads, and one internal filter cartridge.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2026
Eventually, Yamada resurfaces with beer cans, lighters, sunglasses, two phones and a vape cartridge — but no anchor.

— Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of cartridge

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