cruise missile

noun

A missile designed for guided flight over the full course of its path.

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Meanings

nouncruise missile (plural cruise missiles)

plural cruise missiles

  1. A missile designed for guided flight over the full course of its path.

Origin

From cruise + missile.

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Translations

Arabic صَارُوخ جَوَّال
  • صَارُوخ جَوَّال (ṣārūḵ jawwāl)winged missile
Bengali গতিনিয়ন্ত্রিত ক্ষেপণাস্ত্র
  • গতিনিয়ন্ত্রিত ক্ষেপণাস্ত্র (gotoiniẏontrito kheponastro)winged missile
Bulgarian крила́та раке́та
  • крила́та раке́та (kriláta rakéta)winged missile
Chinese Mandarin 巡航導彈 /巡航导弹, 巡弋飛彈 /巡弋飞弹
  • 巡航導彈 /巡航导弹 (xúnháng dǎodàn)winged missile
  • 巡弋飛彈 /巡弋飞弹 (xúnyì fēidàn)winged missile
Czech řízená střela
  • řízená střelawinged missile
Danish krydsermissil
  • krydsermissilwinged missile
Dutch kruisvluchtwapen, kruisraket
  • kruisvluchtwapenwinged missile
  • kruisraketwinged missile
Estonian tiibrakett
  • tiibrakettwinged missile
Finnish risteilyohjus
  • risteilyohjuswinged missile
French missile de croisière
  • missile de croisièrewinged missile
German Marschflugkörper
  • Marschflugkörperwinged missile
Greek πύραυλος κρουζ
  • πύραυλος κρουζ (pýravlos krouz)winged missile
Hebrew טִיל שִׁיּוּט
  • טִיל שִׁיּוּט (til shiyút)winged missile
Hindi क्रूज़ प्रक्षेपास्त्र
  • क्रूज़ प्रक्षेपास्त्र (krūz prakṣepāstra)winged missile
Hungarian robotrepülőgép
  • robotrepülőgépwinged missile
Indonesian peluru kendali jelajah
  • peluru kendali jelajahwinged missile
Irish diúracán cúrsála
  • diúracán cúrsálawinged missile
Italian missile da crociera
  • missile da crocierawinged missile
Japanese 巡航ミサイル
  • 巡航ミサイル (junkō misairu)winged missile
Korean 순항 유도탄
  • 순항 유도탄 (sunhang yudotan)winged missile
Latvian spārnotā raķete
  • spārnotā raķetewinged missile
Lithuanian sparnuotoji raketa
  • sparnuotoji raketawinged missile
Norwegian Bokmål krysserrakett, kryssermissil
  • krysserrakettwinged missile
  • kryssermissilwinged missile
Polish pocisk manewrujący
  • pocisk manewrującywinged missile
Portuguese míssil de cruzeiro
  • míssil de cruzeirowinged missile
Romanian rachetă de croazieră
  • rachetă de croazierăwinged missile
Russian крыла́тая раке́та
  • крыла́тая раке́та (krylátaja rakéta)winged missile
Slovak riadená strela
  • riadená strelawinged missile
Spanish misil de crucero
  • misil de crucerowinged missile
Swedish kryssningsrobot
  • kryssningsrobotwinged missile
Tamil சீர்வேக ஏவுகணை
  • சீர்வேக ஏவுகணை (cīrvēka ēvukaṇai)winged missile
Thai ขีปนาวุธร่อน
  • ขีปนาวุธร่อนwinged missile
Turkish seyir füzesi
  • seyir füzesiwinged missile
Ukrainian крила́та раке́та
  • крила́та раке́та (kryláta rakéta)winged missile
Urdu کْرُوز مِیزائِل
  • کْرُوز مِیزائِل (krūz mīzāil)winged missile
Vietnamese tên lửa hành trình, hỏa tiễn hành trình
  • tên lửa hành trìnhwinged missile
  • hỏa tiễn hành trìnhwinged missile
  • tên lửa có cánhwinged missile
Cite this entry
APA

cruise missile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cruise%20missile

MLA

“cruise missile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cruise%20missile. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cruise missile,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cruise%20missile.

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