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intercontinental ballistic missile

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables
in-ter-con-ti-nen-tal bal-lis-tic mis-sile
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
32
Letters
9
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A class of long-range missiles associated especially with carrying nuclear warheads.

Etymology

From intercontinental + ballistic missile.

Inflected Forms

intercontinental ballistic missiles (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ALBM ABM LRBM IRBM MRBM SLBM SRBM

Synonyms

ICBM IBM

Questions

What does intercontinental ballistic missile mean?
A class of long-range missiles associated especially with carrying nuclear warheads.
Where does intercontinental ballistic missile come from?
From intercontinental + ballistic missile.

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