How to Use launcher in a Sentence
launcher
noun-
Both the site and launcher belong to Hamas, Israel claimed.
— Peter Aitken, Fox News, 4 July 2021 -
There are a few new grenade launcher focused perks this season that look interesting.
— Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 May 2021 -
BAE Systems builds an angled box launcher that can fit any warship of a reasonable size.
— David Axe, Forbes, 7 July 2021 -
An officer can only carry one type of shotgun at a time — either a less-lethal launcher or a standard 12-gauge shotgun.
— Elizabeth Depompei, The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2021 -
To mortars, to an old Soviet automatic grenade launcher.
— CBS News, 19 May 2021 -
Authorities in Belgium are hunting for a far-right extremist who had threatened one of the country's top doctors and had a rocket launcher in his car.
— Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 21 May 2021 -
The investigation said that the missile was brought into Ukraine on a mobile launcher from a military base in Russia.
— Mike Corder, Star Tribune, 7 June 2021 -
Overflow on a rocket launcher is a Destiny 2 first, and can make for the highest rocket DPS in the game by a wide margin.
— Paul Tassi, Forbes, 29 May 2021 -
The larger-caliber weapon means Songar can take on bigger targets like light armored vehicles; the grenade launcher is effective out to 400 meters.
— David Hambling, Forbes, 10 May 2021 -
Unstoppable grenade launcher, and a 9 energy mod that increases damage to bosses or champions after damaging them and reloads your other weapons.
— Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 May 2021 -
Safran and Airbus are working with rocket launcher Arianespace on the technology.
— BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2021 -
All of them work just like the in-game version of the rocket launcher.
— WIRED, 26 Feb. 2023 -
The man has a rocket launcher for a leg and golden pipes for opera singing.
— Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023 -
The launcher holds six rockets and is attached to a dark green truck frame.
— Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 -
Some Playable titles forced the use of the touch screen on their launcher, which was awkward.
— Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2022 -
The fighters and the launcher were then handed over to Lebanese troops, who released them on the same day.
— Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2021 -
The video shows a Russian missile launcher sitting in the open.
— Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2022 -
One, the Vampire, can take down drones with a launcher attached to a pickup truck.
— Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2022 -
The army said four of the launchers discovered had rockets inside them and were ready to be fired.
— WSJ, 17 Oct. 2023 -
The Grad launcher was at a range that would have been difficult for the unit to reach with its old systems.
— Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 7 June 2022 -
It is equipped with a 30 mm gun, a machine gun and/or a grenade launcher, and can travel up to 60 miles per hour.
— Arkansas Online, 19 Jan. 2023 -
Kids can tinker with the design of their plane and the height of the launcher to see how those factors impact the height and distance of the flight.
— Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2022 -
An officer, who appears to be in plain clothes, aims a launcher over the shield.
— Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic, 15 July 2022 -
Crews are having to climb the launcher using stairs until that is fixed.
— Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 18 Nov. 2022 -
Which, of course, might be why the Ukrainians were able to hit the thermobaric launcher.
— David Axe, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2023 -
Once installed, Prime Gaming games can be claimed via the launcher.
— Jason Cohen, PCMAG, 4 Jan. 2022 -
The team is now down to just one full time developer: Kevin Barry, the launcher’s founder.
— Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 9 Aug. 2024 -
There are planes, choppers, rocket launchers, AA units, and much more.
— Brittany Vincent, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2023 -
The Russians fired from behind Ivan with an automatic grenade launcher and missed.
— Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024 -
Free as in previously, the only way to get the rocket launcher was buying the 30th Anniversary Pack for $30 and doing a quest there.
— Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
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