{
    "term": "missile",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a weapon that is sent through the air and that explodes when it hits the thing that it is aimed at",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "nuclear missiles"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **missile base/site**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Missiles fell on the city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "missiles targeting the capital"
                },
                {
                    "text": "strategic missiles deployed in sparsely populated desert areas"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["long-range", "medium-range", "short-range"],
                "verb + missile": ["be armed with", "carry", "aim"],
                "missile + verb": ["fly", "destroy something", "hit something"],
                "missile + noun": ["base", "site", "attack"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an object that is thrown at somebody to hurt them",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Missiles including stones and bottles were thrown at the police."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Another missile flew through the air."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They pelted her with eggs and various other missiles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a crowd of youths armed with missiles that included petrol bombs"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "projectile",
            "collocations": {
                "verb + missile": ["hurl", "pelt somebody with", "throw"],
                "missile + verb": [
                    "hit somebody/​something",
                    "strike somebody/​something"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɪsaɪl/",
                "audio": "mi/missile/missile__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɪsl/",
                "audio": "mi/missile/missile__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent. (as an adjective in the sense ‘suitable for throwing (at a target)’): from Latin missile, neuter (used as a noun) of missilis, from miss- ‘sent’, from the verb mittere."
}