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Definition of Rocket-propelled
1. Adjective. Propelled by (or as if propelled by) a rocket engine.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rocket-propelled
Literary usage of Rocket-propelled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Human Rights Crisis in Kashmir: A Pattern of Impunity by Asia Watch Committee (U.S.), Physicians for Human Rights (U.S., Asia Watch Committee (U.S., Human Rights Watch (Organization), Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.) (1993)
"In Srinagar, one visitor recently counted 10 lo 1.5 incidents involving
RPGs [rocket-propelled grenades) each night over several nights. ..."
2. Evil Days: Thirty Years of War and Famine in Ethiopia by Alexander De Waal (1991)
"Eye witnesses said that local residents began looting the arms depot, whereupon
a fighter from the EPRDF fired a rocket-propelled grenade, which caused a ..."
3. Aerospace Plane Technology: Research and Development in Japan and Australia (1994)
"A two-stage-to-orbit vehicle could also consist of a heavy-lift transport aircraft
first stage and a rocket-propelled second stage. ..."
4. Dangerous Weapons Control Law 1991 (1993)
"(4) Any rocket, rocket-propelled projectile, or similar device of a diameter
greater than 0.60 inch, or any launching device therefor, and any rocket, ..."
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