launcher
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈlɔːnʧər/
- Specialized
:
lanzador
- Each teacher was given the I3 curriculum, a straw rocket launcher, and three days of training.
- rocket launcher
- missile launcher
- grenade launcher
That grenade launcher, it's very poppy.
- That grenade launcher, it's very poppy.
- It's full of Javelin missiles, Javelin launchers that that you could launch missiles with, right?
- And we have this treaty that suggests that we are not going to have any more ICBM launchers and we're going to limit the number that we can have.
- So if you have to take those air defense assets out, both the radars and the launchers and missiles, they could potentially be inside of Russia.
- It's like why someone brought a rocket launcher into the theater.
- Look, he's got a rocket launcher on him.
- But like, you don't want people don't want machine guns or like rocket launchers, do they?
- And for you civilian types out there, Carl Gustav is basically a big ass rocket launcher that's shoulder fired.
- And one of the ways that they cheat or not cheat but speed run is he was using the rocket launcher to jump.
- Anyway, Cap had this rocket launcher.
- And he he said that it was so much like the gun laws where Democrats would be like, why do you need a rocket launcher?
- One had the launcher, the other had the Rockets.
Examples
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In the end, two specially built laser-guided missile launchers were kept in a locked room in the basement.
Fiction book (1990) -
Now he raised the SAM launcher to his shoulder and pressed his eye against the sight.
Fiction book (1996) -
Do you know how to use these rocket launchers?
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These truly look like rocket launcher engine thrusters that you would see on a rocket ship or a fighter jet.
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There is a thunderous roar as the launcher fires the probe into the sky.
Fiction book (1994) -
U.S. launcher manufacturers viewed relatively cheap Ukrainian launchers as an unfair threat to their survival.
Academic text (1996) -
The engineers tested the new rocket launcher to ensure it could withstand extreme temperatures during its ascent.
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During the military exercise, the team successfully deployed the long-range missile launcher on schedule.
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She operated the portable launcher to launch model rockets at the science fair, impressing all the attendees.
Synonyms
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6.6
A device that launches objects forward with great force, like planes from a ship
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4.8
A weapon that fires rockets used by soldiers to destroy targets
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Etymology
The word launcher comes from launch, which originally meant 'to throw' and is related to lance, a spear. So a physical launcher is a tool that 'throws' or sends aircraft, rockets, or missiles into the air.