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bomber

noun

Definition of bomber

as in warplane

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Recent Examples of bomber Instead, in this assault, many of the tanks carried only a small canopy over the commander's hatch with a thin steel plate, likely intended to provide standoff protection against munitions dropped by heavy bomber drones. — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Juxtapose a body-skimming black pair with an oversized leather bomber for an ’80s-does-2020s look. — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 28 July 2026 This chic, oversized suede bomber would fix my problem in an instant. — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 18 July 2026 Scattered on the dunes, the surviving population of Gaza was reduced to bare existence, subject to unrelenting hunger and thirst under the ever-present hum of killer drones and bomber jets. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bomber

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Noun

Five years ago, Russia said one of its warships fired warning shots and a warplane dropped bombs in the Black Sea to force the British destroyer HMS Defender out of an area near Crimea that Moscow claimed as its territorial waters.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 June 2026
The modern stadium spectacle is rife with enormous flags, salutes to service members, and flyovers by supersonic warplanes.

— Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 11 June 2026

Definition of warplane

Noun

Many of the jet owners keep their aircraft for personal use, flying under the FAA’s Part 91 regulations.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Pakistan ‌has since deployed about 8,000 troops, fighter jets, drones and an air defense system to the kingdom, Reuters reported in May, and has pursued wider Gulf ‌security ties.

— Reuters, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of jet

Noun

While taxiing on the water, the seaplane reportedly veered left and failed to respond to corrective efforts before striking a dock and sinking in approximately 100 feet of water.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
Nick Pavlakis, a boat operator, was nearby at the time and rushed to help evacuate the seaplane passengers and crew.

— Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of seaplane

Noun

His plane of choice hasn't changed – the TBM Avenger, the Navy's main torpedo bomber during World War II, particularly in the Pacific theater.

— Noel Brennan, CBS News, 15 May 2026
Several hundred aircraft would assemble, including dive bombers, torpedo bombers and fighter planes, such as the P38 Lightnings, F4F Wildcats, F6F Hellcats, F4U Corsairs and P-40 Warhawks.

— Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023

Definition of torpedo bomber

Noun

Virgin decided to move on to the Delta-class program after completing 12 flights to the edge of space—above 80 km or 50 miles, as defined by the US government—with the previous-generation VSS Unity rocket plane.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
These lower operating expenses are tied to Virgin Galactic's decision to suspend operations of its VSS Unity suborbital rocket plane last year to focus investment into a new series of suborbital spacecraft known as Delta-class ships.

— Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025

Definition of rocket plane

Noun

Researchers in Los Angeles have made a ribbiting new discovery at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum — an extinct amphibian from the ice age.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Because the Mexican burrowing toad lives in rainforest conditions with lots of trees and precipitation, the Los Angeles area likely had similar conditions when the amphibian occupied it, Cruz said.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of amphibian

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