• Rocket-launcher

    Full definition of rocket-launcher

    Noun

    1. Alternative form of en.
      • 5 April 1943, The Lighter Side, American troops believe that their secret weapon, a rocket-launcher that costs only 10s. to make, and is never called by any other name than the Bazooka, is going to cause very bad headaches among the crews of Nazi armoured vehicles.
      • 13 June 2018, R.J. Brewer, Retired Marine: Repeal the Second Amendment, I cannot logically understand why we should have a sacred right to own and use this murderous weapon of war but not have a constitutional right to “bear” and use a shoulder-fired grenade-launcher capable of destroying a car, or a shoulder-fired, light anti-tank rocket-launcher capable of destroying a small house.
      • 3 June 2023, Joe Starita, A busted Volvo and 900 miles to go: Ukrainian family narrowly escaped death and destruction before landing in Lincoln, They saw where Russian tanks had left snow-packed paths alongside their roadway while all around the same steady drum beat: exploding tank shells, shrieking rocket-launchers, screaming missiles.
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