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
It has changed the way wars are fought, as the Exocet missile proved in the South Atlantic and Israel's electronically sophisticated forces did in Lebanon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stark with an Exocet missile three years ago.
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
