How to Use cruise missile in a Sentence

cruise missile

noun

• But the Ukrainian air force claimed to have shot down 76 cruise missiles and three other types of missile as well as 32 drones.
  — Barry Hatton, Chicago Tribune, 28 Nov. 2024
• Trump said the joint attack was expected to include barrages of cruise missiles launched from outside Syrian airspace.
  — Anna Beahm, AL.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• Flying into action with gravity bombs, and later glide bombs and cruise missiles, the Su-24s suffered heavy losses.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
• Russia also has an advanced S-400 anti-aircraft system, which is believed to be capable of shooting down both warplanes and cruise missiles.
  — Kate Samuelson, Time, 13 Apr. 2018
• So, does the Air Force need its new stealth cruise missile?
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2021
• Note the drone and cruise missile kill markings on the turret.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 1 Sep. 2023
• The big difference between the cruise missiles and the glide bombs is range.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
• The Houthis unveiled the new cruise missiles this past July and claimed to have new longer-range drones as well.
  — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2019
• That’s nearly as much as a cruise missile with a range of hundreds of miles.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 10 June 2021
• An hour before that, at least one cruise missile was seen flying north of the city.
  — Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2022
• The Air Force released a new video of a B-1 bomber carrying a cruise missile on the outside.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 Nov. 2020
• Of those, Ukraine downed 18 cruise missiles and 25 drones, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
  — Aurora Almendral, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2024
• The missile was once banned under the INF treaty and looks like a tomahawk cruise missile.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 20 Aug. 2019
• The ministry said seven cruise missiles were shot down, and all sea drones were destroyed.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
• Gremlins could also be used as a low-cost cruise missile.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 Jan. 2020
• More than five thousand troops in Iraq were basically in lockdown by the time the cruise missiles hit the two bases.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2020
• Britain also led the way in being the first Western country to supply long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine.
  — Garret Martin, The Conversation, 6 June 2023
• The Houthis fired an anti-ship cruise missile toward a U.S. Navy destroyer over the weekend, but the ship shot it down.
  — Tara Copp, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
• Two weeks ago, Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 43 cruise missiles at targets across the country.
  — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
• The cruise missiles fly low and emit little heat for interceptor missiles to lock on to.
  — Jim Michaels, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2018
• In the post, Inbar said there was a huge sail with room for several ballistic and cruise missiles.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2023
• Yet a cruise missile attack on his compound in Afghanistan missed him by an hour, and two other planned attacks were called off at the last minute.
  — Clay Risen, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2022
• Just hours after the strike Russia sent two warships armed with cruise missiles to the eastern Mediterranean.
  — The Economist, 28 Feb. 2020
• The President ordered fifty-nine Tomahawk cruise missiles to be fired at the base from which the gas attacks had been launched.
  — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2018
• Specifically, Europe can and should give far more middle- and long-range cruise missiles to Kyiv.
  — Norbert Röttgen, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2023
• The bombers offer the option of launching long-range cruise missiles far from Iran's air defenses.
  — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 20 June 2019
• The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.
  — David Szondy, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2024
• The Ukrainian air force said Russia fired 39 cruise missiles Wednesday.
  — John Hudson, Robyn Dixon and David L. Stern, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
• In the maneuvers, a missile boat fired anti-ship cruise missiles at a mock target.
  — Felipe Dana, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
• Britain was the first country to send Ukraine a package of long-range cruise missiles, beginning in May and was followed by France in July.
  — David Martin, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024