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  1. rocket-propelledadjective

    propelled by (or as if propelled by) a rocket engine

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  1. rocket-propelled

    Rocket-propelled refers to any object or vehicle that is driven, pushed or moved forward by propulsion generated by the combustion of rocket fuel, typically characterized by the expulsion of high-speed gas through a rear vent known as a rocket engine or jet. This can be applied to anything from a toy car to a space shuttle. This term is often associated with high speeds and long-distance travel, and the system operates in accordance with Newton's Third Law of Motion: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rocket-propelled in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rocket-propelled in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of rocket-propelled in a Sentence

  1. Mark Hertling:

    You see that force, that small squad there of about 10 guys, the guy up furthest away from us is repeatedly firing rocket-propelled grenades, he's fired by my count about five of them, he is handing off the launcher to another guy, they are reloading and he is ready to shoot again, and everybody else, Mark Hertling look at the cool, calm, collected approach by these soldiers under fire, they're not afraid, they're ready to kick some butt.

  2. Mark Galeotti:

    But it is much harder to get an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) or a machine gun or the boring things like spare parts for the above. You actually need to have a proper war for these sorts of things to become available and, lo and behold, you have a proper war, at the moment you have, from the criminals' point of view, a wonderful opportunity.

  3. Mark Galeotti:

    Usually it is relatively easy to get a pistol or anything up to an assault rifle, but it is much harder to get an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) or a machine gun or the boring things like spare parts for the above. You actually need to have a proper war for these sorts of things to become available and, lo and behold, you have a proper war.

  4. Britt Slabinski:

    When we landed on top of the mountain, my helicopter took rocket-propelled grenade fire right away, bullets the size of your finger passing through there, those are the ones that hit hydraulic fluid, which ultimately took us out of the sky.

  5. David Obonyo:

    Following the incident, 21 al Shabaab militants were killed, 19 AK 47 rifles, three rocket propelled grenades and a pistol were recovered, regrettably, KDF suffered two fatalities and five injuries. The injured were evacuated and are receiving medical attention.

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