Definitions

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  • proper noun A Soviet-developed ballistic missile.

Etymologies

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The term comes from the NATO reporting name SS-1 Scud which was attached to the missile by Western intelligence agencies.

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Examples

  • We will take a look at the Basra area and go up here into the western part of Iraq, they call the Scud box to a couple of air fields called H2 and H3 and then check in on to Tikrit and Mosul.

    CNN Transcript Mar 22, 2003 2003

  • News, video, graphics Israeli officials called Scud missiles "game-changing" armaments that mark a new escalation in the Mideast conflict.

    Syria Gave Scuds to Hezbollah, U.S. Says Charles Levinson 2010

  • News, video, graphics Israeli officials called Scud missiles "game-changing" armaments that mark a new escalation in the Mideast conflict.

    Syria Gave Scuds to Hezbollah, U.S. Says Charles Levinson 2010

  • Getty Images Israeli President Shimon Peres, shown in Paris Tuesday, claimed Syria gave Scud missiles to Hezbollah Israeli officials called Scud missiles "game-changing" armaments that mark a new escalation in the Mideast conflict.

    Syria Gave Scuds to Hezbollah, U.S. Says Charles Levinson 2010

  • Â On page 133 there's a solicitation for something called Scud: The Disposable Assassin 6 February.

    Flippin’ through Previews – December 2007 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007

  • This is the range of what's called the Scud B missile and it can get out to about 300 -- about 180 miles.

    CNN Transcript Oct 14, 2006 2006

  • This is the range of what's called the Scud B missile and it can get out to about 300 -- about 180 miles.

    CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2006 2006

  • Paula, next hour, back here we'll talk more about this, and we'll also give you an in-depth look at what's known as a Scud bunker.

    CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2003 2003

  • He was dubbed the Scud Stud and he's a contributing editor of "McLean's Magazine."

    CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2003 2003

  • GRANGE: Yes, the H2, H3 complexes, not only is that in the area of what's known as the Scud box, to go in to try to keep any missiles from being fired into Israel or Jordan or wherever they might fire them, it's also two significant airfields over 8,000 feet long.

    CNN Transcript Mar 22, 2003 2003

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