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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Last year, the UK’s Defense Ministry said the Russians were increasingly using off-road bikes and all-terrain vehicles for night-time attacks.
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Daria Tarasova Markina and Tim Lister, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
But with items like all-terrain vehicles, or quad bikes, thieves often deposit their haul in remote areas for several days as a precaution against tracking devices.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Daria Tarasova Markina and Tim Lister, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
But with items like all-terrain vehicles, or quad bikes, thieves often deposit their haul in remote areas for several days as a precaution against tracking devices.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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“All-terrain vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-terrain%20vehicle. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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