Definition of airborne
1 : done or being in the air : being off the ground: such asa : carried through the air (as by an aircraft)b : supported especially by aerodynamic forces or propelled through the air by force a plane becoming airbornec : transported or carried by the air airborne allergens
2 : trained for deployment by air and especially by parachute airborne troops
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Examples of airborne in a Sentence
Once the plane was airborne I loosened my seat belt.
Thousands of airborne troops parachuted behind enemy lines.
Recent Examples of airborne from the Web
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There's no dramatic airborne salmon (a la Pike Place in Seattle), no tourists to impress, no shouting, no bidding wars at the scale.
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The LCS was intentionally designed to operate a variety of unmanned craft, including unmanned surface vessels like the CUSV, undersea craft and airborne platforms such as the Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned helicopter.
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When bombs containing an airborne poison landed at the hospital's entrance, the toxic agent spread throughout the underground structure.
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Dixon's car went airborne and flipped over before landing on the retaining barrier, where the impact punched a hole in the safety fencing.
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Dixon's car went airborne and flipped over before landing on the retaining barrier, where the impact punched a hole in the safety fencing.
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Last fall, 11 SWAT officers in Hartford, Connecticut, were sickened after a flash-bang grenade sent particles of heroin and fentanyl airborne.
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The film premiered at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival in a story of an airborne virus infecting the corporate tower of a major law firm on the day an attorney, played by Yeun, is wrongfully fired.
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Up in the air, tiny shards of the airborne glass can wreak havoc on planes, melting inside jet engines and blocking fuel nozzles.
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AIRBORNE Defined for English Language Learners
airborne
playDefinition of airborne for English Language Learners
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: in the air : moving or being carried through the air
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of soldiers : specially trained to jump from airplanes into enemy territory for battle; also : of or relating to airborne soldiers
AIRBORNE Defined for Kids
airborne
playDefinition of airborne for Students
: moving through the air airborne dust particles The plane was airborne.
Medical Dictionary
airborne
playMedical Definition of airborne
: carried or transported by the air airborne allergens airborne bacteria
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