missilelike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a missile.

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Meanings

adjectivemissilelike (comparative more missilelike, superlative most missilelike)

comparative more missilelike · superlative most missilelike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a missile.

    Frozen on the distant movie screen is an airplane that points, missilelike, toward the passing train.

    2007 December 30, Ken Johnson, “A Happy Accident, Carefully Planned”, in New York Times

Origin

From missile + -like.

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Cite this entry
APA

missilelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missilelike

MLA

“missilelike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missilelike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “missilelike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missilelike.

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