all-terrain vehicle
noun
all-ter·rain vehicle
: a small motor vehicle with three or four wheels that is designed for use on various types of terrain
called also ATV
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Its mechanized forces, central to its strategies for victory, are bleeding out and now include museum-grade military trucks, civilian cars, vans, all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles ... and even donkeys.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Up-armored trucks and civilian vehicles such as vans, trucks, compact cars and all-terrain vehicles—that is, golf carts—now account for around 70 percent of Russian losses, according to one recent survey.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Armored trucks and civilian vehicles such as vans, compact cars and all-terrain vehicles—that is, golf carts—now account for around 70 percent of Russian losses, according to one recent survey.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
In July 2024, a Michigan man used an all-terrain vehicle to run over an 80-year-old man who was putting a Trump sign in his yard, while a California man was hospitalized following a dispute over a Trump flag in October.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Up-armored trucks and civilian vehicles such as vans, trucks, compact cars and all-terrain vehicles—that is, golf carts—now account for around 70 percent of Russian losses, according to one recent survey.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Armored trucks and civilian vehicles such as vans, compact cars and all-terrain vehicles—that is, golf carts—now account for around 70 percent of Russian losses, according to one recent survey.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
In July 2024, a Michigan man used an all-terrain vehicle to run over an 80-year-old man who was putting a Trump sign in his yard, while a California man was hospitalized following a dispute over a Trump flag in October.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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“All-terrain vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-terrain%20vehicle. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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