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[ lawn-cher, lahn- ] / ˈlɔn tʃər, ˈlɑn- /
nouna person or thing that launches. a structural device designed to support and hold a missile in position for firing. Origin of launcherFirst recorded in 1815–25; launch1 + -er1 Words nearby launcherlaumontite, launce, Launceston, launch, launch control center, launcher, launch pad, launch shoe, launch vehicle, launch window, launder Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for launcherShe said her husband showed her a photograph of a Buk launcher afterwards and she realised that was indeed what she had seen. MH17 Missile Can't Hide From These Internet Sleuths|Eliot Higgins|August 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST It will also implement a new, stronger verification regime and reduce missiles and launcher. The Next GOP Screw-Up|James Carroll|March 26, 2010|DAILY BEAST Some Iraqi citizens interviewed later that day described the launcher of these “ground cruise missiles” as a hero. Coping With My Iraq Nightmares|Christopher Brownfield|December 26, 2008|DAILY BEAST Rip was everywhere, checking on the launcher, on Kemp, on the pistols of his men. Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet|Harold Leland Goodwin
There was a whoosh of fire and a flare from the launcher's nose. The Secret of the Ninth Planet|Donald Allen Wollheim What he told them had to fit exactly with the information they already had about the launcher and the bombs. Planet of the Damned|Harry Harrison With the launcher dragging at him, they would get him sooner or later. Way of a Rebel|Walter M. Miller He slid the rocket shell into the launcher, Burl sighted, and then Haines pressed the trigger. The Secret of the Ninth Planet|Donald Allen Wollheim
British Dictionary definitions for launcher
nounany installation, vehicle, or other device for launching rockets, missiles, or other projectiles Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |