"intercontinental ballistic missile" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: intercontinental ballistic missiles [plural]
Etymology: intercontinental + ballistic missile Etymology templates: {{com|en|intercontinental|ballistic missile}} intercontinental + ballistic missile Head templates: {{en-noun}} intercontinental ballistic missile (plural intercontinental ballistic missiles)
  1. (military, astronautics) A class of long-range missiles associated especially with carrying nuclear warheads. Wikipedia link: intercontinental ballistic missile Categories (topical): Astronautics, Explosives, Military, Nuclear warfare, Rocketry, Weapons Synonyms: ICBM [initialism] Translations (a class of long-range missiles associated especially with carrying nuclear warheads (ICBM)): междуконтинентална балистична ракета (mježdukóntinjentalna balistična rakjeta) (Belarusian), 洲際彈道導彈 (Chinese Mandarin), 洲际弹道导弹 (zhōujì dàndào dǎodàn) (Chinese Mandarin), mannertenvälinen ballistinen ohjus (Finnish), missile balistique intercontinental [masculine] (French), Interkontinentalrakete [feminine] (German), Langstreckenrakete [feminine] (German), diúracán balaistíoch idirilchríochach (Irish), 大陸間弾道ミサイル (tairiku kan dandō misairu) (alt: たいりくかんだんどうミサイル) (Japanese), 대륙 간 탄도 유도탄 (daeryuk gan tando yudotan) (alt: 大陸間彈道誘導彈) (Korean), 대륙 간 탄도(大陸間彈道) 미사일 (daeryuk gan tando misail) (Korean), тив хоорондох баллистик пуужин (tiv xoorondox ballistik puužin) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), międzykontynentalny pocisk balistyczny [masculine] (Polish), межконтинента́льная баллисти́ческая раке́та (mežkontinentálʹnaja ballistíčeskaja rakéta) [feminine] (Russian), МБР (MBR) [feminine] (Russian), міжконтинента́льна балісти́чна раке́та (mižkontynentálʹna balistýčna rakéta) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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