Stinger
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈstɪŋər/
- Specialized
:
misil tierra-aire portátil
- Two days later, one of those Stingers shot down a 747 out of Islamabad.
- Stinger missile
You know, when we gave them Stingers, they they had to leave.
- You know, when we gave them Stingers, they they had to leave.
- So we went from helmets to rockets and you know, Javelins and Stingers, anti tank and anti aircraft missiles.
- And one of the things that we did to defeat the Russians was to provide Stinger missiles to the Afghan Mujahideen.
- You know, it was an open source statement or rule that we're always looking for Stinger missiles or surface to air missiles.
- But now we start ramping up here Stingers here, Javelins here are here tanks.
- Commercial shipping lines are getting attacked by Houthis in the Red Sea with, you know, Zodiacs and Stinger missiles, right?
- One of them said we we're not denying, but we're not accepting you know, hey, I'm coming I I show you the picture with the Stinger missile.
Examples
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We have Stinger missiles.
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Sarah was with a group of military-clad Guatemalan men, standing next to cases of Stinger missiles.
Fiction book (1991) -
You know, it was an open source statement or rule that we're always looking for Stinger missiles or surface to air missiles.
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Gentlemen, this weapon I have here in my hand, differs in some small things from a stinger.
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The Daily Caller picked up a story last week reported by Russian news that Stinger missiles are in Syrian hands.
Blog text (16) -
And one of the things that we did to defeat the Russians was to provide Stinger missiles to the Afghan Mujahideen.
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U.S. administrations had committed a small number of CIA advisors, as well as weapons, notably man-portable Stinger anti-air missiles, to the anti-Soviet mujahideen.
Academic text (2011) -
The soldier expertly aimed the Stinger missile at the low-flying aircraft overhead.
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During the training exercise, they practiced launching a Stinger missile from their shoulders.
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After months of preparation, the team successfully deployed a Stinger missile in a live fire demonstration.
Synonyms
19
6.3
A weapon launched from the ground or a ship to destroy aircraft in the sky
4
5.0
A weapon that follows the heat from a plane's engine to hit it
3
6.0
A missile fired from land or a ship to hit aircraft
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9.6
A shoulder-fired missile one person carries to hit low-flying aircraft
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7.9
A set of weapons and equipment that shoots rockets at planes
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stinger comes from the verb sting, meaning 'to prick', plus -er meaning 'one that does'. So a Stinger is named like an insect's sting, a small, sharp weapon fired from the shoulder to hit low-flying aircraft.