stealth fighter
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7.4
- noun
- /stɛlθ ˈfaɪtər/
- Specialized
:
caza furtivo
- This is a remarkably high rate of effectiveness, particularly considering that Stealth fighters typically flew at medium altitudes to avoid the antiaircraft fire prevalent around their highly defended targets.
- F-117 stealth fighter
- F-22 stealth fighter
- stealth fighter jets
Examples
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When members of a House subcommittee convene today for a hearing on the troubled F-22 stealth fighter, they'll have more in common than just an interest in the mysterious symptoms that caused some pilots to declare the plane unsafe to fly earlier this year.
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"That all changed when the F-117s came in," said Manclark, recalling the stealth fighters' move to TTR from Groom Lake, which they had outgrown.
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Stealth fighters were chosen for this mission because their low radar cross-sections make them difficult to engage.
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The Pentagon is also paying hundreds of millions to upgrade some systems, such as the F-22 stealth fighter plane.
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It has approved the sale of F-35 stealth fighters to the Israeli Air Force.
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For instance, he pointed out, the next-generation F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter plane has been approved for sale to the Israelis, but is unlikely to get the go-ahead for interested Arab parties until the Israeli Air Force is equipped with the platform and its personnel are brought up to speed on utilizing and maintaining the aircraft.
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The Pentagon announced that it is sending some of its new stealth fighters to the region.
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Military officials said earlier this week that some stealth fighters had already been deployed.
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The U.S. Air Force F-117A, the first radar-evading stealth fighter, debuted in 1988.
Synonyms
359
4.6
A fast military plane that attacks enemy planes in the air
36
4.8
A plane built to fight in war
15
8.4
A fast fighter plane that catches and destroys enemy bombers
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4.4
A fast military airplane that attacks enemy planes
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7.1
A plane that avoids radar detection
How Stealthy
- Specialized
8
7.4
- Specialized
359
4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derivable from combining 'stealth' (avoiding detection) with 'fighter' (military aircraft): a plane designed to avoid detection. This straightforward noun–noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Stealth fighter comes from two simple ideas: stealth, meaning to move quietly and stay unseen, and fighter, a military plane. These planes use special shapes and materials so they are 'hard to detect' by radar and can surprise enemies, so the name explains their modern meaning.