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Intercontinental ballistic missile
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ICBM — n. [acronym intercontinental ballistic missile] An intercontinental ballistic missile, a long range ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another. Contrasted with {IRBM}. Syn: intercontinental ballistic missile.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ICBM — [ isebeɛm ] n. m. inv. • 1960; mot angl. , sigle de InterContinental Ballistic Missile ♦ Missile balistique intercontinental. I. C. B. M. [isebeɛm] n. m. invar. ÉTYM. 1960; sigle de l angl. InterContinental Balistic Missile « missile balistique… … Encyclopédie Universelle
ICBM — [englisch aɪsibi em], Abkürzung für Intercontinental Ballistic Missile [ɪntəkənti nentl bə lɪstɪk mɪsaɪl, englisch], deutsch Interkontinentalrakete, Militärwesen: zur Kategorie der strategischen Nuklearstreitkräfte gehörendes landgestütztes… … Universal-Lexikon
ICBM — sigla ES ingl. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, missile balistico intercontinentale … Dizionario italiano
ICBM — [ˌaı si: bi: ˈem] n Intercontinental Ballistic Missile; a ↑missile that can travel very long distances … Dictionary of contemporary English
ICBM — [ ,aı si bi em ] noun count Intercontinental Ballistic Missile: a large powerful nuclear weapon that can travel very long distances … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ICBM — 1955, acronym for Inter Continental Ballistic Missile … Etymology dictionary
ICBM — (intercontinental ballistic missile) any supersonic ballistic missile which has a range of 3500 nautical miles or more … English contemporary dictionary
ICBM — ► ABBREVIATION ▪ intercontinental ballistic missile … English terms dictionary
ICBM — [ī΄sē΄bē΄em′] n. an intercontinental ballistic missile … English World dictionary
