Home › Words › H › hittilehittilehittile means an anti-aircraft or anti-satellite missile that is designed to hit its target, distinguished from a missile that is designed to explode near its target.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, hittile ranks #33,913 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyA play on missile with miss changed to hit.nounAn anti-aircraft or anti-satellite missile that is designed to hit its target, distinguished from a missile that is designed to explode near its target.e.g.“The U.S. anti-satellite programme is currently based on a three-stage non-exploding rocket or 'hittile' launched from an F-15 fighter.” — 1983, Andrew Wilson, The Disarmer's Handbook of Military Technology and Organization, page 83:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).