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[ rok-it-pruh-peld ] / ˈrɒk ɪt prəˌpɛld /
adjectiveusing rocket power as the chief motive force. Origin of rocket-propelledFirst recorded in 1925–30 Words nearby rocket-propelledrocket bomb, rocketeer, rocket engine, rocket gun, rocket launcher, rocket-propelled, rocket propulsion, rocketry, rocket science, rocket scientist, rocket ship Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rocket-propelledHis companions—one a woman—urge him to let loose with a rocket-propelled grenade and he fires. Turkish President Kisses Off Kurds Under Siege By ISIS|Jamie Dettmer|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST In 2004, Smith was serving as a major in the Army when he was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. The Hero Summit 2013 Speakers||September 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST On June 10, a man fired a rocket-propelled grenade in broad daylight into a convoy carrying the British ambassador to Libya. U.S. Consulate in Benghazi Bombed Twice in Run-Up to 9/11 Anniversary|Eli Lake|October 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST The consulate came under fire from heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades at about 10 p.m. local time on Tuesday. Why Did Ambassador Stevens Die?|David Frum|September 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Guards were easily overwhelmed by heavily armed militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades. P.J. Crowley on the Yemen Protests and the Future of the Arab Spring|P.J. Crowley|September 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST So they took the four-man, rocket-propelled cargo plane instead. The Secret of the Ninth Planet|Donald Allen Wollheim The Court agreed that, according to the way the law is worded, only 'rocket-propelled missiles' come under the ban. By Proxy|Gordon Randall Garrett
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