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projectile
An object designed to be hurled or shot forward, as a cannon shell or rocket
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  1. An object designed to be hurled or shot forward, as a cannon shell or rocket
  2. A fired, thrown, or otherwise propelled object, such as a bullet, having no capacity for self-propulsion.
  3. A self-propelled missile, such as a rocket.
missile
An object or weapon that is fired, thrown, dropped, or otherwise projected at a target; a projectile.
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  1. An object or weapon that is fired, thrown, dropped, or otherwise projected at a target; a projectile.
  2. A guided missile.
  3. A ballistic missile.
retrorocket
A rocket engine used to retard, arrest, or reverse the motion of a vehicle, such as an aircraft, missile, or spacecraft.
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  1. A rocket engine used to retard, arrest, or reverse the motion of a vehicle, such as an aircraft, missile, or spacecraft.
  2. A small rocket on a larger rocket or spacecraft, that produces thrust in a direction opposite to the direction of flight in order to reduce speed, as for maneuvering
spacecraft
A vehicle that travels through space.
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  1. A vehicle that travels through space.
  2. Any vehicle, satellite, etc. designed to orbit the earth or travel through the solar system
guided-missile
A military missile guided during flight to a target by internal preset, or self-reacting, devices or external electronic signals
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  1. A military missile guided during flight to a target by internal preset, or self-reacting, devices or external electronic signals
  2. An unmanned, self-propelled vehicle that travels through the air to deliver a warhead to a predetermined point, keeping itself on course by making corrections via its control surfaces.
  3. A self-propelled missile that can be guided while it is in flight.
ballistic-missile
A long-range missile that is propelled to high speed and may be guided for a part of its flight, but is a free-falling object as it approaches its target
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  1. A long-range missile that is propelled to high speed and may be guided for a part of its flight, but is a free-falling object as it approaches its target
  2. A projectile that assumes a free-falling trajectory after an internally guided, self-powered ascent.
  3. (Weaponry) A missile that is initially guided, but then follows a ballistic (freely falling) trajectory.
fly
(Baseball) To hit a fly ball.
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  1. (Baseball) To hit a fly ball.
  2. To avoid; shun:
  3. To cause to fly or float in the air:
climb
To get (into or out of clothes or a piece of clothing) hastily, perfunctorily, etc.
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  1. To get (into or out of clothes or a piece of clothing) hastily, perfunctorily, etc.
  2. To move upward on or mount, especially by using the hands and feet or the feet alone; ascend:
  3. To go up by using the feet and, often, the hands
skyrocket
To rise or cause to rise rapidly and suddenly:
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  1. To rise or cause to rise rapidly and suddenly:
ascend
To move upward along; mount; climb
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  1. To move upward along; mount; climb
  2. To go back in time or line of ancestry
  3. To go or move upward; rise:
soar
To rise well above the usual or ordinary level or bounds; be elevated
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  1. To rise well above the usual or ordinary level or bounds; be elevated
  2. To increase or improve suddenly above the normal or usual level:
  3. To maintain altitude without moving the wings or using an engine; glide.
spring-up
(Intransitive) To appear suddenly.
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  1. (Intransitive) To appear suddenly.
  2. (Intransitive, figuratively) To come rapidly into existence.
zoom
To move while making such a sound:
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  1. To move while making such a sound:
  2. To simulate movement rapidly away from or toward a subject using a zoom lens or other optical device.
  3. To move or go quickly or suddenly
bolt
(Archaic) To shoot (an arrow, etc.)
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  1. (Archaic) To shoot (an arrow, etc.)
  2. To arrange or roll (lengths of cloth, for example) on or in a bolt.
  3. To start suddenly and run away:
bucket
(Brit.) To ride (a horse) at a fast pace
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  1. (Brit.) To ride (a horse) at a fast pace
  2. To hold, carry, or put in a bucket:
  3. To move or drive rapidly or recklessly
bustle
To hurry busily or with much fuss and bother
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  1. To hurry busily or with much fuss and bother
  2. To move or cause to move energetically and busily.
  3. To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
dart
To shoot (an animal, for example) with a dart, especially to inject a drug.
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  1. To shoot (an animal, for example) with a dart, especially to inject a drug.
  2. To move suddenly and fast
  3. To move suddenly and rapidly:
dash
To throw so as to break; smash
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  1. To throw so as to break; smash
  2. To move swiftly or impetuously; rush
  3. To write hastily. Often used with off :
festinate
To hasten.
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  1. To hasten.
  2. To hurry; speed
flash
To appear or occur suddenly:
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  1. To appear or occur suddenly:
  2. To move or proceed rapidly:
  3. (Slang) To think of or remember something suddenly:
fleet
(Naut.) To change the position of (a rope, pulley block, etc.)
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  1. (Naut.) To change the position of (a rope, pulley block, etc.)
  2. To move swiftly; flit; fly
  3. To cause (time) to pass quickly.
flit
(Brit., Informal) To leave quickly, as to escape creditors
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  1. (Brit., Informal) To leave quickly, as to escape creditors
  2. (Scot., North Eng.) To move to other quarters, esp. by stealth
  3. To move quickly from one condition or location to another.
fly
To move through the air by using wings, as a bird does
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  1. To move through the air by using wings, as a bird does
  2. To run away from; flee from; avoid
  3. Any of numerous insects of the order Diptera, having one pair of wings and large compound eyes. Flies include the houseflies, horseflies, and mosquitoes.
haste
(Rare) hasten
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  1. (Rare) hasten
  2. To hasten or cause to hasten.
hasten
To cause to move or act swiftly:
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  1. To cause to move or act swiftly:
  2. To move in a quick fashion.
  3. To cause to be or come faster; speed up; accelerate
hurry
To speed the progress or completion of; expedite:
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  1. To speed the progress or completion of; expedite:
  2. To move or act with haste; move faster than is comfortable or natural
  3. To cause to move or act more rapidly or too rapidly; drive, move, send, force, or carry with haste
hustle
To misrepresent one's skill in (a game or activity) in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling:
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  1. To misrepresent one's skill in (a game or activity) in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling:
  2. (Slang) To get, sell, victimize, etc. by aggressive, often dishonest means
  3. To move or act energetically and rapidly:
pelt
To strike or assail repeatedly with thrown objects:
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  1. To strike or assail repeatedly with thrown objects:
  2. To throw things at; strike with or as with missiles
  3. To move at a vigorous gait:
race
To cause (an engine with the gears disengaged, for example) to run swiftly or too swiftly.
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  1. To cause (an engine with the gears disengaged, for example) to run swiftly or too swiftly.
  2. Any of several extensive human populations associated with broadly defined regions of the world and distinguished from one another on the basis of inheritable physical characteristics, traditionally conceived as including such traits as pigmentation, hair texture, and facial features. Because the number of genes responsible for such physical variations is tiny in comparison to the size of the human genome and because genetic variation among members of a traditionally recognized racial group is generally as great as between two such groups, most scientists now consider race to be primarily a social rather than a scientific concept.
  3. To enter or run (a horse, etc.) in a race
run
To cause to function; operate:
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  1. To cause to function; operate:
  2. To sew with a continuous line of stitches:
  3. (Nautical) To sail or steer before the wind or on an indicated course:
rush
(Football) To run toward (a passer or kicker) in order to block or disrupt a play.
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  1. (Football) To run toward (a passer or kicker) in order to block or disrupt a play.
  2. To cause to move rapidly:
  3. (Football) To run with the ball after a direct snap from the center or after a handoff or pitchout
sail
(Informal) To move or proceed quickly
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  1. (Informal) To move or proceed quickly
  2. To throw or otherwise propel (something) in a way that causes it to glide, float, or move steadily through the air
  3. (Nautical) To move across the surface of water, especially by means of a sailing vessel.
scoot
To ride on a scooter.
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  1. To ride on a scooter.
  2. To move or slide (something) quickly
  3. To walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily.
scour
To clean things by vigorous rubbing and polishing
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  1. To clean things by vigorous rubbing and polishing
  2. To move swiftly; scurry.
  3. To remove as if by cleaning; sweep away; get rid of
shoot
(--- Slang) To give, send, or hand quickly:
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  1. (--- Slang) To give, send, or hand quickly:
  2. (--- Informal) To use up or waste (time, money, etc.)
  3. (Games, Sports) To hit, kick, throw, drive, or propel (a ball, marble, etc.) toward the objective
speed
To drive at a speed exceeding a legal limit:
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  1. To drive at a speed exceeding a legal limit:
  2. The ratio of the distance traveled by an object (regardless of its direction) to the time required to travel that distance.
  3. To cause to move or proceed quickly; hasten:
sprint
To run or race at full speed, esp. for a short distance
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  1. To run or race at full speed, esp. for a short distance
  2. To move rapidly or at top speed for a brief period, as in running or swimming.
tear
To pull apart or separate into pieces by force; rip or rend (cloth, paper, etc.)
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  1. To pull apart or separate into pieces by force; rip or rend (cloth, paper, etc.)
  2. To become torn:
  3. To move violently or with speed; dash
trot
To cause to move at a trot.
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  1. To cause to move at a trot.
  2. To cause to go at a trot
  3. To move quickly; hurry; run
whirl
To move, go, drive, etc. swiftly
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  1. To move, go, drive, etc. swiftly
  2. To move rapidly in a circular manner or as in an orbit; circle swiftly
  3. To move, carry, drive, etc. with a rotating motion
whisk
To whip (egg whites, cream, etc.)
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  1. To whip (egg whites, cream, etc.)
  2. To move quickly, nimbly, or briskly
  3. To move, remove, carry, brush (away, off, out, etc.) forcefully and speedily, as with a quick, sweeping motion
whiz
To throw or spin rapidly:
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  1. To throw or spin rapidly:
  2. To move or do something quickly:
  3. To move swiftly with or as with a buzzing or hissing sound
wing
To throw or propel (a ball, for example) through the air.
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  1. To throw or propel (a ball, for example) through the air.
  2. One of a pair of specialized parts used for flying, as in birds, bats, or insects.
  3. To say or do (something) without preparation or forethought; improvise:
zip
(Informal) To move or propel something with speed and force
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  1. (Informal) To move or propel something with speed and force
  2. To move or act with a speed that suggests such a sound:
  3. To cause to move with speed and force:
zoom
(Computers) To cause text or other graphics in a window or frame to appear larger on the screen.
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  1. (Computers) To cause text or other graphics in a window or frame to appear larger on the screen.
  2. To move while making such a sound:
  3. To simulate movement rapidly away from or toward a subject using a zoom lens or other optical device.
hotfoot
(Informal) In great haste
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  1. (Informal) In great haste
  2. (Informal) To hurry; hasten
  3. To go in haste. Often used with it :
rip
A stretch of water in a river, estuary, or tidal channel made rough by waves meeting an opposing current.
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  1. A stretch of water in a river, estuary, or tidal channel made rough by waves meeting an opposing current.
  2. To cut, tear, etc. (stitches) so as to open (a seam, hem, etc.)
  3. (Informal) To move with speed or violence
barrel
To put or pack in a barrel or barrels
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  1. To put or pack in a barrel or barrels
  2. (Informal) To go at high speed
  3. To move or progress rapidly:
highball
(Slang) To proceed at great speed
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  1. (Slang) To proceed at great speed
  2. To move ahead at full speed.
nip
To check or cut off the growth or development of:
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  1. To check or cut off the growth or development of:
  2. To take a sip or sips of alcoholic liquor:
  3. To move quickly; dart.
sky
To jump very high in order to make a play, as in getting a rebound in basketball.
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  1. To jump very high in order to make a play, as in getting a rebound in basketball.
  2. To hit or throw (a ball, for example) high in the air.
  3. The atmosphere, as seen from a given point on the Earth's surface. The sky appears to be blue because the wavelengths associated with blue light are scattered more easily than those that are associated with the other colors.
skyrocket
To rise or cause to rise rapidly and suddenly:
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  1. To rise or cause to rise rapidly and suddenly:
soar
To rise well above the usual or ordinary level or bounds; be elevated
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  1. To rise well above the usual or ordinary level or bounds; be elevated
  2. To increase or improve suddenly above the normal or usual level:
  3. To glide along without engine power, maintaining or gaining altitude on currents of air
Find another word for rocket. In this page you can discover 70 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for rocket, like: projectile, missile, retrorocket, spacecraft, guided-missile, ballistic-missile, flying missile, fly, climb, shoot up and skyrocket.

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  • The rocket had exploded as it landed on the floor, leaving a gaping hole.

  • The impact of the rocket knocked her on her backside.

  • Doesn't seem like rocket science.

  • The rocket smashed into the floor below, shattering glass and pulverizing part of the balcony.

  • Then, in the glow of yet another rocket, he saw it—a nearly unrecognizable mass of twisted red metal.

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