intercontinental ballistic missile

noun

Etymology

From intercontinental + ballistic missile.

  1. borrowed from missile
  2. compounded as ballistic missile — “ballistic + missile

Definitions

  1. A class of long-range missiles associated especially with carrying nuclear warheads.

The neighborhood

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