launcher

[US]/'lɔːn(t)ʃə/
[UK]/ˈlɔntʃɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.launcher
launch pad
launch device

Phrases & Collocations

rocket launcher

missile launcher

grenade launcher

weapon launcher

platform launcher

aircraft launcher

Example Sentences

His favourite gadget is a Russian-made rocket launcher which holds 40 three metre-long missilles.

Based on the submarine missile launcher's operational requirements and improving the level of standardize,communalize,serialize and modularize,discussed the problem of common frame launcher.

Real-world Examples

Oh, let me try this sun launcher.

Source: Wow English

Each battery includes six launchers carrying a total of 48 missiles.

Source: VOA Standard February 2013 Collection

Local media say North Korea has fired two projectiles from a multiple rocket launcher.

Source: CRI Online February 2023 Collection

But that information is sent to the launcher.

Source: VOA Standard February 2013 Collection

Britain says it's sending another three long-range multiple rocket launchers to Ukraine, doubling the number it has provided.

Source: BBC Listening Collection August 2022

India has worked to establish itself as a low-cost satellite launcher.

Source: VOA Slow English Technology

First of all, you know, they can launch missiles from mobile launchers.

Source: NPR News March 2019 Compilation

The video also showed a missile being fired from a mobile launcher.

Source: VOA Special September 2017 Collection

North Korea has announced that it tested a new multiple rocket launcher system.

Source: AP Listening Collection August 2019

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un watched the test of a super-large multiple rocket launcher.

Source: AP Listening September 2019 Collection

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