military plane
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri pleɪn/
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avión militar
- On the military plane, initiatives have been taken to ease military confrontation across the strait.
They're building a big runway on one reef that is big enough to take the biggest military plane.
- They're building a big runway on one reef that is big enough to take the biggest military plane.
Examples
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It was against the law for military planes to shoot down unarmed civilian aircraft at the time.
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In 2013, when Russian military planes entered Swedish airspace during a simulated attack on Stockholm, the capital, Swedish fighter jets did not even manage to scramble.
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I saw a military plane land just over here.
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They have no shortage of military planes.
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A United States military plane crash-landed in Surrey this evening, just missing Waverley Abbey.
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Last year, Russian military planes violated Estonian airspace seven times.
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And so then you're there and then you take a military plane from Christchurch into Antarctica and you land on a snow packed runway.
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Shell intends to apply it mostly from the air, specifically from a Lockheed C-130 Hercules military plane or from a vessel.
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The coup also brought the Shah—who had fled to Rome—back to power aboard a U.S. military plane with the CIA chief at his side.
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The military plane delivered supplies to the troops stationed at the front lines.
Synonyms
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4.6
A fast military plane that attacks enemy planes in the air
214
3.7
A military plane that carries and drops bombs
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4.8
A plane built to fight in war
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6.5
A military plane with heavy weapons that attacks ground targets to support troops
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4.4
A fast military airplane that attacks enemy planes
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6.5
A military plane that flies over areas to find out about the enemy
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4.8
A fast military plane that hits enemy targets near the ground
How Armed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an aircraft used by the armed forces' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'military' (relating to soldiers/armed forces) with 'plane' (an aircraft). This adjective + noun composition follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be easily inferred by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Military plane puts together the word military meaning soldiers and their equipment and the word plane meaning an aircraft. These aircraft are made to carry weapons, troops, or special gear, so the phrase means 'an aircraft used by the armed forces'.