Exocet missile
Example Sentences
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"So when I changed my name and became Elton John, I just went off like an Exocet missile, and I had a great time. I lived my teenage years in my 20s, basically."
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2019
The France manager singled out Ginola for criticism, accusing him of being "the murderer" of French hopes: "He sent an Exocet missile through the heart of French football and committed a crime against the team."
From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2012
The Conveyor was hit by the same type of Exocet missile that sank the British destroyer H.M.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Iran charged that the Antigoni was destroyed by a French-manufactured Exocet missile, the same weapon used by Argentina with devastating effect against British ships during the 1982 Falklands war.
From Time Magazine Archive
Charles Monet had been an Exocet missile that struck the hospital below the water line.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
