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Exocet is an English word. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Exocet in a sentence

Exocet meaning

A French antiship missile.

Synonyms of Exocet

guided missile

Related words

Other words often associated with Exocet or its synonyms:

missile

Using Exocet

  • The main meaning on this page is: A French antiship missile.
  • Useful related words include: guided missile.
  • In the example corpus, exocet often appears in combinations such as: exocet missile, an exocet, french exocet.

Context around Exocet

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

french 2×

Often after:

missile 4× anti 2× surface 1× entered 1×

Sentence patterns with Exocet

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

armed with exocet anti ship 1× armed with exocet surface to 1× by an exocet missile while 1× philippines an exocet missile 1× removing the exocet missile system 1× the french exocet anti ship 1× the french exocet missile in 1× yomp and exocet entered the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

anti ship the 1× coupled with the 1× ironically the ship 1× someone please give 1× the most important 1× the then elderly 1×

Common sentence endings:

an exocet missile 1× cross channel invasion 1× enforce their threats 1× iraq in 1986 1× of the war 1× the waterline exhausts 1×

Words around Exocet

Just before it in the word index:

exocarp 2 exobiology 2 exoatmospheric 2 exo 41 exning 3 exness 4

Just after it in the word index:

exocrine 9 exocytosis 8 exodia 2 exodus 410 exoduspoint 20 exofficio 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Exocet

  • In this selection, "exocet" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, french, missile, anti and surface stand out and add context to how "exocet" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include armed with exocet anti ship and armed with exocet surface to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "exocet" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with exocet

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Someone please give the Philippines an Exocet missile. (8 words)

Coupled with the French Exocet anti-ship missiles, Babur-III will make Khalid submarines a potent war-fighting platform. (19 words)

They used air power, primarily helicopters, F-1 Mirage, and MiG-23 fighters armed with Exocet anti-ship missiles, to enforce their threats. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

Anti-ship The French Exocet missile in flight main Another major German missile development project was the anti-shipping class (such as the Fritz X and Henschel Hs 293 ), intended to stop any attempt at a cross-channel invasion. (39 words)

The then elderly Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges described the war as "a fight between two bald men over a comb". citation The words yomp and Exocet entered the British vernacular as a result of the war. (37 words)

Ironically, the ship that would later be known for carrying military supplies to the Middle East was accidentally hit by an Exocet missile while off-loading commercial cargo in Iraq in 1986. (32 words)

Example sentences (8)

Someone please give the Philippines an Exocet missile.

Coupled with the French Exocet anti-ship missiles, Babur-III will make Khalid submarines a potent war-fighting platform.

Anti-ship The French Exocet missile in flight main Another major German missile development project was the anti-shipping class (such as the Fritz X and Henschel Hs 293 ), intended to stop any attempt at a cross-channel invasion.

Ironically, the ship that would later be known for carrying military supplies to the Middle East was accidentally hit by an Exocet missile while off-loading commercial cargo in Iraq in 1986.

The most important additions to the fleet in the 1980s were three La Combattante III class fast attack craft armed with Exocet surface-to-surface missiles.

The then elderly Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges described the war as "a fight between two bald men over a comb". citation The words yomp and Exocet entered the British vernacular as a result of the war.

They used air power, primarily helicopters, F-1 Mirage, and MiG-23 fighters armed with Exocet anti-ship missiles, to enforce their threats.

This included removing the Exocet missile system and EW equipment, and fitting a funnel aft of the mainmast to replace the waterline exhausts.

Common combinations with exocet

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "exocet" in a sentence?
An example: "Someone please give the Philippines an Exocet missile." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "exocet" from authentic English texts.
What does "exocet" mean?
Exocet means: A French antiship missile.
What are synonyms of "exocet"?
Common synonyms of "exocet" include: guided missile.
How many example sentences with "exocet" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "exocet", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.