ICBM

abbr.

intercontinental ballistic missile

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ICBM

abbreviation for

(Military) intercontinental ballistic missile: a missile with a range greater than 5500 km

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ICBM

or I.C.B.M.,

intercontinental ballistic missile.

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Noun

ICBM - a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another

intercontinental ballistic missile

ballistic missile - a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target

Minuteman - a strategic weapon system using a guided missile of intercontinental range; missiles are equipped with nuclear warheads and dispersed in hardened silos

Translations

ICBM

[ˌaɪsiːbiːˈɛm] n abbr (=intercontinental ballistic missile) → ICBM m, engin m balistique à portée intercontinentale

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

ICBM

abbr of intercontinental ballistic missile → Interkontinentalrakete f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

ICBM

[ˌaɪsiːbiːˈɛm] n abbr =intercontinental ballistic missile → ICBM m inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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