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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 | 1. | ICBM - a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another 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 |
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ICBM
[ˌaɪsiːbiːˈɛm] n abbr (=intercontinental ballistic missile) → ICBM m, engin m balistique à portée intercontinentaleCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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 invCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995