INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intercontinental ballistic missile mean? 

• INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE (noun)
  The noun INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE has 1 sense:

1. a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another

  Familiarity information: INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ICBM; intercontinental ballistic missile

Hypernyms ("intercontinental ballistic missile" is a kind of...):

ballistic missile (a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intercontinental ballistic missile"):

Minuteman (a strategic weapon system using a guided missile of intercontinental range; missiles are equipped with nuclear warheads and dispersed in hardened silos)