adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
missile
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How distant now seem the quarrels of the spring over the introduction of new short-range missiles .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Short-range missiles in Asia do not pose a direct threat to the U.S.
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a short-range nuclear missile
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cellular telephone is another alternative, but only for short-range calls.
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If so you will find it helpful to set some goals to give short-range guidance.
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Impacts on land are severe short-range hazards, but impacts in the ocean are dangerous even at very long ranges.
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It committed the forthcoming summit to draw up a mandate for negotiations on short-range nuclear forces.
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The feature is used in the A320 short-range jet and in the A330 and A340 longer-range planes.
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The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.
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This is particularly true for a defensive system based on comparatively small, independent units, armed with short-range weapons.
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Yukawa realised that the short-range attractive force between nuclear particles could be explained as the exchange of a massive intermediate particle.