drone
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3.7
- noun
- /droʊn/
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dron
- The group's senior leadership is reeling from drone strikes, and its global support base is fractured.
- drone strikes
- drone surveillance
- drone attacks
They didn't even have drones then, you know.
- They didn't even have drones then, you know.
- I'm pretty sure that I just ran the drone into a rock house.
- One of those companies makes a drone that maps the ocean floor.
- OK, learning how to operate a drone for me, very empowering.
- So let's let's just say that all drone strikes are not equal.
- But the guy flying the drone, it's one way.
- You got your drones up filming everything.
- They're going to become one of the top drone producers in the world.
- I think that's the worst landing yet, but the drone won't come down.
- Why is why is why is Yemen and drone strikes so synonymous?
- Ukraine takes credit for those for those drone attacks for the most part.
- When the Ukrainians attack Moscow with the drone, it doesn't come with flashing lights.
Examples
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Norton said they may be using drones for protection.
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But I did see one of your drones fly out of here.
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I think I need to fly the drone to find it.
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But we found the perfect spot to send the drone, and it paid off.
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I think it's time to take out the drone for the second time.
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One of those companies makes a drone that maps the ocean floor.
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OK, learning how to operate a drone for me, very empowering.
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I spoke with him about how drones are transforming whale research.
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This was the first FPV drone that I've ever owned.
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The engineer demonstrated how to control a drone for aerial photography during the workshop.
Synonyms
An aircraft flown without a pilot and controlled remotely by radio
A flying vehicle with no person on it that someone controls from the ground or that runs on a computer
Compounds
How Autonomous
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3.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Drone for an unmanned aircraft comes from the male bee and the low buzzing sound they make; one early radio-controlled plane was called the Queen Bee, so pilotless aircraft were called 'drones'. So modern flying 'drones' are named for the buzzing noise and the fact they fly without a human pilot.