Synonyms for projectile
prəˈdʒɛk tɪl, -taɪlpro·jec·tile

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1. projectile

   Synonyms:
   missile

   Antonyms:
   weapon, sidearms, handarms

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1. projectile, missilenoun

   a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled

   Synonyms:
   rocket, missile

   Antonyms:
   undynamic, adynamic

2. rocket, projectileadjective

   any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

   Synonyms:
   rocket engine, garden rocket, missile, skyrocket, rocket, arugula, rocket salad, roquette

   Antonyms:
   adynamic, undynamic

3. projectileadjective

   impelling or impelled forward

   "a projectile force"; "a projectile missile"

   Antonyms:
   undynamic, adynamic

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1. projectilenoun

   Synonyms:
   missile

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1. List of paraphrases for "projectile":

   proj, shell

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1. Alyssa Milano:

   Thank God I have the husband that I have and that we laugh together about everything, [Elizabella] projectile-vomited all over the back of this realtor’s car.

2. David Katz:

   There's not even a question -- the blank is not going to have a projectile, the part of the cartridge, the bullet is not going to be here. The cartridge will either be crimped or there will be some sort of wadding or plastic cap because the powder still needs to be contained.

3. Sergeant Kevin Halle:

   I was screening the material to be taken out and, looking at the screen, there was a projectile.

4. James Bevan:

   The investigation team also experienced headaches and nausea when in close proximity to the projectile/agent.

5. Stephen Gutowski:

   They make replicas, and they still produce real, single-action revolvers today that are similar to those used in the period that this movie is supposed to take place in, it depends on what kind of gun they were using. But even if they were using a blank firing gun, you know, a prop gun designed to work with blanks. Specifically, there is a possibility that someone could have loaded a live round into that gun, and it could still propel that bullet projectile down and out the barrel towards somebody, even if it's not designed to do that necessarily.