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scud

[skuhd] / skʌd /
VERB
skim across
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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The U.S. also sent Patriot antimissile batteries that year to Israel to defend the country from the Scud missile attacks then Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had ordered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

The US sending Patriot batteries to defend Israel from Iraqi Scud missiles attacks, ahead of its own invasion in the 1991 Gulf war, is a rare exception.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2023

That engine is seen by some experts as derived from the Soviet RD-250 family of engines, while the earlier Unha space launcher used clusters of engines derived from Scud missiles.

From Reuters • Jun. 1, 2023

During the gulf war, military officials said the system intercepted all but two Iraqi Scud missiles.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2022

Now Scud had rowed beyond the net to the right, in order to bear down upon it the easier.

From A Republic Without a President and Other Stories by Ward, Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson)




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