rocket launcher
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈrɑkɪt ˈlɔntʃər/
- Specialized
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lanzacohetes
- Where do you think those rocket launchers are placed next to?
- multiple rocket launchers
It's like why someone brought a rocket launcher into the theater.
- 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 he he said that it was so much like the gun laws where Democrats would be like, why do you need a rocket launcher?
- 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.
Examples
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Use your rocket launcher.
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16:16 The Israeli Air Force destroyed a rocket launcher that shot at the center of Israel.
Blog text (26) -
Do you know how to use these rocket launchers?
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What about a rocket launcher?
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Now for the rocket launcher.
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New generations of artillery and multiple rocket launchers are also being introduced.
Academic text (2013) -
All around, foot soldiers appear, guns trained, shoulder-hoisted rocket launchers prepared.
Fiction book (1998) -
The rocket launcher sits on the grate on the level above him.
Fiction book (1996) -
That's a rocket launcher!
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A soldier demonstrated how to operate the rocket launcher during the training exercise.
Synonyms
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4.8
A device that sends aircraft or rockets into the air
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Morphology
The meaning 'a device that launches rockets' is directly and compositionally derived from 'rocket' (the projectile) + 'launcher' (a device that launches), so a learner who knows both words can infer the compound meaning. This noun+noun compounding pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows transparent English composition, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Rocket launcher is a name that comes from the simple image of a machine that launches a rocket: imagine a metal tube or frame that sends a rocket into the sky. That's why it means 'a weapon or device used to fire rockets'.