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Examples of fighter in a Sentence
the debate whether more fighters are needed to bring order to that war-torn country
a program at the community center for training local youths as fighters
Recent Examples of fighter from the Web
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Richard Gedeon, 95, was P-47 fighter pilot based in Iceland and Belgium.
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Shults joined the Navy in 1985 and was one of its first female fighter pilots.
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In 2001, a reckless Chinese fighter pilot collided with a U.S. EP-3 surveillance plane conducting a routine patrol, forcing the U.S. aircraft to make an emergency landing in China.
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In 1940 under the direction President Roosevelt to expand the Army Air Corps, the U.S. Forestry Service ceded to the War Department the Choctawhatchee National Forest, consisting of some 384,000 acres in order to train gunnery fighter pilots.
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Tammie Jo Shults, one of the first female fighter pilots in the country, was recently celebrated as a hero after landing the Southwest plane that blew an engine during a flight from New York to Dallas.
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That incident was followed three days later by the death of a Greek fighter pilot who crashed, his government said, after attempting to intercept a Turkish aircraft that had entered the country’s airspace.
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Captain Tammie Jo Shults, the 56-year-old Texan and former Navy fighter pilot at the controls was praying too.
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Bridenstine is a former fighter pilot who has been serving Oklahoma as a congressman.
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First Known Use of fighter
13th century
fighter Synonyms
Synonyms
dogface, legionary, legionnaire, man-at-arms, regular, serviceman, soldier, warrior;
Antonyms
Related Words
cavalier, cavalryman, cuirassier, dragoon;
doughboy, footman, foot soldier, infantryman;
artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, musketeer, rifleman;
GI, guardsman, militiaman, minuteman;
FIGHTER Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of fighter for English Language Learners
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: a warrior or soldier
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: someone who does not give up : someone who continues fighting or trying
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: a fast airplane that has weapons for destroying enemy aircraft
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