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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

ballistic missile

/bəl-ĭs'-tĭk mĭs'-əl/ · bal·lis·tic mis·sile · IPA
01 n. A rocket-propelled missile of long range which is guided only during the powered portion of its flight, which usually takes only a small pa…
  1. 1.
    A rocket-propelled missile of long range which is guided only during the powered portion of its flight, which usually takes only a small part of the total flight time; -- contrasted with guided missile.