air-launch

verb

To release a missile, rocket, parasite aircraft or other aircraft payload from a mother ship or launch aircraft.

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Meanings

verbair-launch (third-person singular simple present air-launches, present participle air-launching, simple past and past participle air-launched)

present singular third person air-launches · participle present air-launching · participle past air-launched · past air-launched

  1. aeronauticsTo release a missile, rocket, parasite aircraft or other aircraft payload from a mother ship or launch aircraft.
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APA

air-launch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/air-launch

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “air-launch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/air-launch.

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