Meteor and Rocket

Meteor

Meteor noun - (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere.

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Rocket and meteor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rocket" instead a noun "Meteor".

Nearby Words: meteoric, meteorite

Rocket noun - A jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion.

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Meteor and rocket are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Meteor" instead a noun "Rocket".

Nearby Words: rocketed, rocketing, rocketeer, rocketry

old	old meteor	old rocket
full	full meteor	full rocket
normal	normal meteor	normal rocket
alien	alien meteor	alien rocket
Other adjectives: original, single, small, actual, real, massive, large, big, huge, evil, little, living, new, makeshift, gigantic, giant, red, modified, exploding, incoming.

Meteor Man is taken out twice by sleep gas: once while he's flying in a rocket pod, the second time after he wakes up in the Duplitrons' base.

Source: Knockout Gas
He wasn't much of a villain, but it's a Fridge Brilliance once you realize that people thought a meteor was going to destroy earth, and the rocket was designed to keep humanity alive.

Source: Brainless Beauty
Tintin: in Explorers of the Moon, Calculus is hoping that his device will prevent the rocket to crash against a meteor.

Source: If My Calculations Are Correct

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