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Projectile has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled

2

any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

3

an object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon.

Adjective
1

impelling or impelled forward

"a projectile force"

"a projectile missile"

2

Projecting or impelling forward.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
weapon vehicle
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
arrow boomerang bullet cannonball dart seeker shot spitball missile multistage rocket test rocket
Rhyming Words
ile lile wile tile nile vile sile hile rile bile kile file pile mile bfile avile edile chile baile prile
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