No. 712 in French
missiles
Projectiles designed to be launched and directed at a target.
In a sentence
Les missiles ont été utilisés pour défendre la nation.
The missiles were used to defend the nation.
In this sentence, 'missiles' refers to weaponry launched to protect or defend.
Ces avions peuvent transporter des missiles à longue portée.
These airplanes can carry long-range missiles.
Here, 'missiles' are objects or weapons that can be delivered by aircraft.
Ils ont discuté des moyens de désarmer les missiles nucléaires.
They discussed ways to disarm the nuclear missiles.
In this context, 'missiles' are associated with disarmament, particularly of nuclear weapons.
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