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Definition of Rocket firing
1. Noun. The launching of a rocket or missile under its own power.
Generic synonyms: Launch, Launching
Specialized synonyms: Blastoff, Shot, Moon Shot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rocket Firing
Literary usage of Rocket firing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sketches of Society in Great Britain and Ireland by Charles Samuel Stewart (1835)
"... Hall—Inner Temple—Visit to Chelsea Hospital— Captain Dalling—Drive to
Woolwich—Military Display for Prince Adalbert—Mortar and rocket firing ..."
2. Sketches of Society in Great Britain and Irleand by Charles Samuel Stewart (1835)
"... and rocket firing—Evolutions of the Horse Artillery—Dinner at Mr. Vaughan's.
35 Maddox Street, Regent, London, June 29th, 1832. ..."
3. Report on Foreign Systems of Naval Education by James Russell Soley (1880)
"Rocket-firing. 1 day.—General description of the ammunition in use for Woolwich
guns, including filling shell. 1 day.—Firing 64-pounder from gunboat. 1 day. ..."
4. Across the Reef: The Amphibious Tracked Vehicle at War by Victor J. Croizat (2001)
"The deep envelopment supported by four rocket-firing LCVPs, four rocket-firing
DUKWs, two LCMs converted to anti-aircraft boats, and 43 amtracs had caught ..."
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