Thesaurus results for BOMBER

bomber

noun

Definition of bomber

as in warplane

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Recent Examples of bomber The ultra-light, distressed vintage-style bomber at Enfants Riches Déprimés (like look 1). — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026 On June 11, 2001, Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was executed using the Chapman protocol. — M. Sara Rosenthal, STAT, 13 Oct. 2026 The cousin had made it to the top of the suicide-bomber list at Menagh, said his prayers, and taken his position behind the driver’s seat in a truck full of explosives. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 The execution of the Oklahoma City bomber, Timothy McVeigh, was streamed via a closed circuit so survivors and family members of those killed could watch. — Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bomber

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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

The arrival, by black car transfer from the Honolulu airport to a private airport and then a quick flight on a private jet, is pretty swank.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Yet profits have still been squeezed as jet fuel prices surged roughly 90% since the US-Israeli war on Iran began in February, forcing several major carriers to cut earnings forecasts.

— Reuters, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of jet

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The neighborhood/area The Raa Atoll, where Joali is located, is under an hour by seaplane from the capital, Malé.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
But we’re soon immersed in a tale about the pair crossing 50 miles of Alaskan wilderness after their small seaplane goes down.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 28 Sep. 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

The report also raises the possibility that foreign fighters currently in Syria, including Uyghurs, Uzbeks, Tajiks and other nationalities, could be transferred to Yemen.

— Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
The plane's crew consisted of a fighter pilot and a weapons systems officer from the French Air and Space Force.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of fighter

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

What’s more, even as they are defined by death, bogs are also springboards for unusual and unlikely life-forms that extend our understanding of biology—from acid-flinging mosses to amphibian-eating plants.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
At the time, it was classified as Amphibamus grandiceps, another ancient amphibian already well known from the area.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

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