warbird
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- noun
- /ˈwɔːrˌbɜrd/
- Jargon
:
nave de guerra
- Forty-seven Klingon warbirds destroyed by Romulans, sir, and it was reported that the Romulans were in one ship, one massive ship.
- Romulan warbirds
- squadron of warbirds
- four warbirds
Examples
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The movie featured a dramatic battle between two warbirds in deep space.
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Target locked and acquired on all warbirds.
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We got a hostile warbird, thousand metres out.
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Enterprise, we are the Reman warbird, Scimitar.
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When you're up against the Warbird, you're upside down!
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Prepare to fire on the Klingon warbirds.
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Captain Picard, Commander Donatra of the warbird Valdore.
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Target the flanking warbird.
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Three more Klingon warbirds decloaking and targeting our ship.
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In the latest episode, the crew encountered a powerful warbird that unleashed devastating firepower.
Synonyms
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A small fast spaceship used to fight in space, often in science fiction
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Warbird joins war ('a fight between armies') and bird ('a flying creature'). In science fiction this creates the image of a fast, armed ship that 'flies' through space like a fighting bird, so warbird means an armed spacecraft ready for battle.