AIR-CUSHION VEHICLE Synonyms: 85 Similar Words

air-cushion vehicle

noun

Definition of air-cushion vehicle

as in aircraft

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Noun

And then the spontaneous cheers and shouts erupted as the aircraft, full of returning troops, lifted off the South Vietnam air strip.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
They were told that the plane was blown over by wind, and that the aircraft was parked in its stall when the incident happened.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of aircraft

Noun

Albanian naval officer Bamir Kundreti, who is 56 years old, lived with his family on Sazan for eight years after 1991 as a torpedo boat commander.

— Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
Destroyers were invented in the 1880s, when they were called torpedo boat destroyers.

— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 Sep. 2022

Definition of torpedo boat

Noun

The location is intended to connect future air taxi services with existing ground transportation and airport facilities.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
Neubauer believes such a network could become particularly useful as low altitude delivery drones and air taxi services come online.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of air taxi

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The original bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River in March 2024 after a cargo ship lost power and struck it, killing six construction workers.

— CBS Baltimore, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Its current cruise began in October 2024 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where the ship had been refitted.

— Sopheng Cheang, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of ship

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Michigan State Police Aviation and Roscommon County Marine Patrol, using their airboat, along with other agencies on foot, assisted the sheriff's office with the search.

— Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
The Broward Sheriff’s Office has released rescue footage showing the response to a deadly airboat collision in the western Everglades earlier this month.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of airboat

Noun

Deputies said those aboard a nearby boat came to the assistance of possibly two people on the plane.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
The people who were killed on the plane are owed a duty of safety and a duty of care by the manufacturer of the aircraft, the pilot and all involved parties, but the same duty is owed to the people on the ground.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of plane

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One of them was a small homemade hovercraft to let a couple kids ride on it and scoot around.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
An array of pillars, permanent marks, the imposing Napoleonic-era Spitbank Fort, as well as the comings-and-goings of ferries and even the hovercraft going back and forth between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Definition of hovercraft

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