rocket attack

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• rocket attack — attack with bombs …   English contemporary dictionary

• rocket attack warning radar — raketų puolimo perspėjimo radaras statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. rocket attack warning radar vok. Raketenwarnradar, n rus. радиолокационная станция предупреждения о ракетном нападении, f pranc. radar d avertissement sur… …   Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas

• Zagreb rocket attack — Infobox civilian attack title=Zagreb rocket attack caption=One of the fatalities: a woman lying on the cross of Vlaška and Draškovićeva streets location=Zagreb, Croatia target=Randomly targeted city streets date=May 2 May 3, 1995 time= timezone=… …   Wikipedia

• rocket — I UK [ˈrɒkɪt] / US [ˈrɑkɪt] noun Word forms rocket : singular rocket plural rockets * 1) [countable] a vehicle shaped like a tube that travels in space. A rocket is launched when it is sent up from the ground into the sky. a) a weapon shaped like …   English dictionary

• rocket — rock|et1 [ rakıt ] noun * 1. ) count a vehicle shaped like a tube that travels in space. A rocket is launched when it is sent up from the ground into the sky. a ) a weapon shaped like a tube that flies through the air and explodes when it hits… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• rocket — 01. Do you think that one day we will be able to send a manned [rocket] to Venus? 02. My son built a model [rocket] which can be launched up to 350 meters in the air. 03. Over a dozen people are dead, and scores wounded after a [rocket] attack on …   Grammatical examples in English

• rocket — [[t]rɒ̱kɪt[/t]] ♦♦♦ rockets, rocketing, rocketed 1) N COUNT A rocket is a space vehicle that is shaped like a long tube. Syn: spacecraft 2) N COUNT: oft N n A rocket is a missile containing explosive that is powered by gas. There has been a… …   English dictionary

• Rocket artillery — is a type of artillery equipped with rocket launchers instead of conventional guns or mortars. Types of rocket artillery pieces include multiple rocket launchers. HistoryPre modern historyThe use of rockets as some form of artillery dates back to …   Wikipedia

• rocket — rocket1 [räk′it] n. [It rocchetta, spool or bobbin, rocket, orig. dim. of rocca, distaff < OHG roccho, distaff: from the resemblance in shape] 1. any of various devices, typically cylindrical, containing liquid or solid propellants which when… …   English World dictionary

• rocket — Ⅰ. rocket [1] ► NOUN 1) a cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents. 2) a missile or spacecraft propelled by an engine providing thrust on the same principle. 3) Brit. informal a… …   English terms dictionary

• rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction       any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion.       Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… …   Universalium