English-Greek translations for missile

• πύραυλος
  Δεύτερον, απαιτείται ένας πύραυλος για την εκτόξευση και, τρίτον, απαιτείται ο πυροκροτητής της βόμβας. Second, you need a missile to launch, and, third, you need the actual detonator of the bomb.
  Το δεύτερο στοιχείο είναι ο πύραυλος και γνωρίζετε ότι η τεχνολογία σε αυτόν τον τομέα εξελίσσεται ταχύτατα. The second part is the missile and you know that the technology on missiles is moving rapidly.
• βλήμα

Definition of missile

• Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet
• A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched

Examples

• The Rhodians, who used leaden bullets, were able to project their missiles twice as far as the Persian slingers, who used large stones.
• That missile is explosive enough to kill hundreds.

Related words

• antimissile
• Euromissile
• anti-air-missile
• missile silo
• missile shield
• missile weapon
• missile carrier
• missile base
• missile defense