antimissile

antimissile
/an'tee mis"euhl, an'tuy-/ or, esp. Brit., /-mis"uyl/, Mil.
adj.
1. designed or used in defense against guided enemy missiles.
n.
2. a ballistic device for seeking and destroying enemy missiles.
Also, anti-missile.
[1955-60; ANTI- + MISSILE]

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