From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcruise missileˌcruise ˈmissile noun [countable] PMWa large explosive weapon that flies close to the ground and can be aimed at something hundreds of kilometres away
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cruise missile• The vehicles that make up a cruise missile flight will emerge regularly from their base and drive around the countryside to practise.• Another threat to the F-22, he says, is the cruise missile.• A recent example is the termination of the B-1 bomber in favor of the cruise missile.• Otherwise, his supply unit would be on the receiving end of a simulated bomb or Tomahawk cruise missile.• The Pentagon ordered up cruise missile attacks from two of the six cruise-missile equipped warships on patrol in the Persian Gulf. 