ballistic
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7.6
- adjective
- /bəˈlɪstɪk/
- Specialized
- They treated it as a ballistic vehicle.
- ballistic missiles
- ballistic motion
- ballistic missile defense
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Watch on YouTubeThey treated it as a ballistic vehicle.
- They treated it as a ballistic vehicle.
- Here I'm playing psychologist pick sports with a lot of speed and ballistic motion involved.
- Kim Jong Un of North Korea was testing nuclear missiles, ballistic nuclear missiles aimed at the United States, testing nuclear weapons.
- That same month, the US starts deploying mid range ballistic missiles in Italy.
- They are working on ballistic missiles that will be intercontinental.
- In my scenario, I chose a rogue launch from a ballistic missile.
- He can send medium range ballistic missiles to Cuba and change the equation.
- I woke up to an Amber Alert saying there was a inbound ballistic missile headed to the island of Hawaii.
- And they're supposed to advise the US president about any ballistic missiles launched from North Korea or Russia or Iran.
- The path of normal ballistic missiles is easy to predict, so anti missile systems can target and destroy them.
- And Schwarzschild, because he was good at math, was given the task of calculating ballistic trajectories for the Germans fighting the Russians on the Eastern Front.
- If we need an intermediate range of ballistic ballistic missiles, we should develop deploy them.
- I have two trees at my house is lit up like an intercontinental ballistic missile of gay pride lights.
Examples
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The rocket followed a ballistic trajectory after it was launched into the atmosphere.
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So, we'll need ballistic plates.
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And so now the dynamics are just ballistic flight of the ball.
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Pretty sure all our ballistic gel has come off of it.
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During the late 1950s, the U.S. was focused on the development of ballistic missiles for its Cold War arsenal.
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The regime has an impressive ballistic missile program for delivering weapons of mass destruction.
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The Second Artillery is in charge of China's ballistic missile forces, which include both nuclear and conventional warheads.
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The first observations of the ballistic motion of electrons were made in thin oxide films in MOSFETs.
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This morning, the first full-range firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, was conducted by the United States.
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The greatest expansion has taken place in China's arsenal of short-range ballistic missiles, which numbered about 1,200 by 2011.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
33
6.1
Showing movement or energy made by moving
9
7.1
Moving through the air because a force pushes it, not by its own power
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.1
A rocket that is powered and guided at first and then follows a path without power to its target
- Specialized
8
7.4
A long range rocket that can fly between continents and carry a nuclear bomb
- Specialized
3
6.3
A rocket that stops and destroys incoming long-range missiles before they reach their target
- Specialized
1
7.7
A way police use to find which gun fired a bullet by matching marks on bullets and casings
1
7.1
A part of the U.S. Department of Defense that develops and coordinates systems to stop long-range missiles
- Specialized
1
7.5
A curved path an object follows through the air after it is fired, like a bullet or shell
- Specialized
1
9.6
A large submarine that carries nuclear missiles to stop enemies from attacking a country
- Specialized
1
7.2
To find which gun fired a bullet by matching marks on the bullet and its case
- Archaic
1
9.8
A heavy object hanging from a rod that measures a bullet's speed when hit
- Archaic
A small spacecraft that follows a curved path to carry people into space
- Archaic
A device that measures how much electric charge passes in a short burst of current
- Specialized
A branch of foot care that improves how the foot moves when running for athletes
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ballistic comes from an old Greek verb ballein meaning 'to throw' and from the name ballista, a war machine that threw large stones and arrows. So ballistic describes the path and motion of something after it is thrown or launched, like a rocket or a bullet.