Meanings
nounsurface-to-air missile (plural surface-to-air missiles)
plural surface-to-air missiles
- governmentA ground-based anti-aircraft missile.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 地對空導彈 /地对空导弹
- 地對空導彈 /地对空导弹 (dìduìkōng dǎodàn)missile
Czech raketa země-vzduch
- raketa země-vzduchmissile
Danish jord-til-luft-missil
- jord-til-luft-missilmissile
Finnish ilmatorjuntaohjus
- ilmatorjuntaohjusmissile
French missile sol-air
- missile sol-airmissile
German Flugabwehrrakete, Fliegerabwehrrakete
- Flugabwehrraketemissile
- Fliegerabwehrraketemissile
- Boden-Luft-Raketemissile
Japanese 地対空ミサイル
- 地対空ミサイル (chitaikū misairu)missile
Romanian rachetă pământ-aer
- rachetă pământ-aermissile
Russian зенитная ракета
- зенитная ракета (zenitnaja raketa)missile
Swedish luftvärnsrobot
- luftvärnsrobotmissile
Turkish karadan havaya füze
- karadan havaya füzemissile
Vietnamese tên lửa đất đối không, tên lửa phòng không
- tên lửa đất đối khôngmissile
- tên lửa phòng khôngmissile
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APA
surface-to-air missile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surface-to-air%20missile
MLA
“surface-to-air missile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surface-to-air%20missile. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surface-to-air missile,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surface-to-air%20missile.
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