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BRILLIANT PEBBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brilliant pebble mean? 

BRILLIANT PEBBLE (noun)
  The noun BRILLIANT PEBBLE has 1 sense:

1. a code name for a small computerized heat-seeking missile that was supposed to intercept and destroy enemy missilesplay

  Familiarity information: BRILLIANT PEBBLE used as a noun is very rare.


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BRILLIANT PEBBLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A code name for a small computerized heat-seeking missile that was supposed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("brilliant pebble" is a kind of...):

heat-seeking missile (a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine))


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