warplane

noun

war·​plane ˈwȯr-ˌplān 

: a military airplane

specifically : one armed for combat

Examples of warplane in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This refers to the 2015 incident in which a Turkish Air Force F-16 shot down a Russian Su-24M bomber which had violated its airspace for 17 seconds in the first time a NATO member had downed a Russian warplane since the Korean War. —Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025

Russian warplanes breach Estonian airspace Three Russian fighter jets crossed into Estonian airspace Friday, in another serious breach of NATO territory after Russia’s aerial incursion into Romania and Poland last week. —semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2025

On April 28, American warplanes struck a migrant detention center in the northern Yemeni city of Sadah, then dropped more bombs on emergency workers who arrived in the aftermath. —Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025

In 1986, Iranian warplanes attacked Emirati oil platforms off the coast of the capital, Abu Dhabi. —Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1911, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for warplane

• abstain
• airplane
• alkane
• arcane
• arraign
• attain
• backplane
• betaine
• biplane
• blockchain
• butane
• campaign