Example sentences for: intercontinental

How can you use “intercontinental” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • China's commercial rocket, the Long March, and its intercontinental ballistic missiles use precisely the same rocket boosters and guidance systems.

  • In particular, defending the United States against an intercontinental ballistic missile attack from a rogue nation and protecting U.S. and allied deployed forces from theater missile attacks is receiving considerable attention.

  • Detonating a smuggled warhead in the hold of a ship docked in, say, New York harbor would make much more sense, while avoiding the huge expense and trouble of building complex intercontinental rockets.

  • Zeljko Raznatovic, known as Arkan, was shot in one of his eyes at Belgrade's Intercontinental Hotel yesterday afternoon, the Times' report.

  • That is where China's nuclear-armed intercontinental missiles come in.


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