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air bases 1 of 2

noun (1)

plural of air base
as in air parks

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noun (2)

plural of airbase
as in emplacements

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for air bases
  1. airports
  2. emplacements
  3. airfields
  4. installations
  5. fortresses
  6. camps
  7. centers
  8. stations
Noun
  • The incident forced the closure of one of the nation's busiest airports.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Saudi Arabia has promised to build desalination plants and two airports, and invest in telecommunications projects worth more than $1 billion.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of airports
Noun
  • It was abandoned in 1865, when the war ended, but the cannon emplacements are still visible today, carved into the landscape.
    — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2026
  • How will that be taken care of and how will the ships that are there, that are not moving, start to move and be moving with a degree of confidence that they will not be inhibited by what remains of the Iranian either boats or gun emplacements along that strait?
    — Major Garrett, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Definition of emplacements
Noun
  • By 2024, they were regularly being used to strike Russian airfields, ammunition depots and oil refineries.
    — Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The network of pipelines and refineries necessary for military airfields, for example, was foundational for the petrolization of societies.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of airfields
Noun
  • Built with significant financial backing from the European Commission, the site consolidates four distinct technical installations into a single industrial processing line.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The device is rated for up to four years on a replaceable battery, with USB-C power available for permanent installations.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of installations
Noun
  • Most of them can’t afford to outfit their own individual townhouses like armed fortresses as Swift has.
    — Bridget Read, Curbed, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The area’s landscape charms visitors with its green hills, rural farmland, and dramatic medieval castles and fortresses.
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of fortresses
Noun
  • Well, the guys who have been through that grind many times over — Mahomes (10 training camps with Reid), Travis Kelce (14) and Chris Jones (11) — say this training camp was unlike any of those past iterations.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
  • There weren’t separate camps of actors, circus artists, dancers, musicians, puppeteers or singers.
    — Jenelle Riley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of camps
Noun
  • Most are instead forced to live inside aquariums or rehabilitation centers for the rest of their lives.
    — John Donegan LONG BEACH POST, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Data centers The facilities that help power the rapid growth of artificial intelligence programs are facing a bipartisan backlash across the country.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of centers
Noun
  • Scripps’ local stations in Detroit and Las Vegas will also broadcast games for two of the league’s expansion franchises, according to the release.
    — Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Saturday Night Live’s Marcello Hernandez gamely hosted the evening, with attendees walking across the Center to David Geffen Hall for an afterparty that included Katz’s Deli carving stations and elaborate sushi setups.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of stations
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“Air bases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20bases. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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