warplane
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈwɔrˌpleɪn/
- Specialized
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avión militar
- In the 1990s, it helped monitor Saddam Hussein and protect Iraqi Kurds by permitting U.S. warplanes to use its bases.
Earlier today, we saw numerous additional warplanes and and helicopters being deployed to eastern NATO regions.
- Earlier today, we saw numerous additional warplanes and and helicopters being deployed to eastern NATO regions.
- But then the question comes, we know that the Ukrainians are launching these warplanes from airfields that are still active in western Ukraine.
- But how freaky is it to to show up and US warplanes which are piston driven and have you know Nazi warplanes which are jet, jet propelled.
Examples
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At the end of February 1994, U.S. jets under NATO command shot down four warplanes in breach of the no-fly zone.
Academic text (1998) -
American warplanes have expanded the air war over North Vietnam with the bombing of five previously untouched targets near the heart of the port city of Haiphong.
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China has successfully landed a warplane on its first aircraft carrier.
Blog text (23) -
Not too far from Toronto is Hamilton, where you can find a warplane museum and some wonderful botanical gardens.
Academic text (1999) -
A previous attack by fifteen warplanes occurred on 13 June with fewer casualties.
Academic text (1999) -
Earlier today, we saw numerous additional warplanes and and helicopters being deployed to eastern NATO regions.
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Even though Turkey continued to allow US warplanes to operate against Iraq from its Incirlik base.
Academic text (2005) -
The People's Liberation Army is also deploying new warplanes, destroyers, submarines, and surface-to-surface missiles.
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By 1979, the United States had declared Libya a "state sponsor of terrorism," and in 1986, US warplanes bombed Tripoli in retaliation for terrorist attacks in Europe linked to Libya.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced that British warplanes are in action over Iraq.
Synonyms
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3.9
A plane used by the armed forces for fighting or protection
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word warplane comes from the simple parts war and plane, where plane is short for aeroplane, meaning 'flying machine'. So a warplane is a plane made and used for fighting in war.