antiballistic

antiballistic
/an'tee beuh lis"tik, an'tuy-/, adj. Mil.
designed to detect, intercept, or destroy ballistic missiles: an antiballistic missile.
[1955-60; ANTI- + BALLISTIC]

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  • antiballistic missile (ABM) — Weapon designed to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles. Effective ABM systems have been sought since the Cold War, when the nuclear arms race raised the spectre of complete destruction by unstoppable ballistic missiles. In the late 1960s… …   Universalium

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  • antiballistic — an·ti·ballistic …   English syllables

  • antiballistic missile — noun Date: circa 1959 a missile for intercepting and destroying ballistic missiles …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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