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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(military, informal) An anti-aircraft or anti-satellite missile that is designed to hit its target, distinguished from a missile that is designed to explode near its target..
The U.S. anti-satellite programme is currently based on a three-stage non-exploding rocket or 'hittile' launched from an F-15 fighter.
Rapier is a hittile and so has a simple blast warhead of under 1 kg weight.
Use hittile when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hittile means (military, informal) An anti-aircraft or anti-satellite missile that is designed to hit its target, distinguished from a missile that is designed to explode near its target..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The U.S. anti-satellite programme is currently based on a three-stage non-exploding rocket or 'hittile' launched from an F-15 fighter.
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