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Projectile

/prəˈdʒɛktəl/
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(noun) An object intended to be or having been shot from a weapon.

The teacher was hit by a projectile.
Tom was projectile vomiting all over the kitchen.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The physicist calculated the trajectory of the ____ using equations of motion and air resistance.

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