Thesaurus results for BOMBER

bomber

noun

Definition of bomber

as in warplane

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Recent Examples of bomber The crash comes a little over a month after a B-52 bomber crashed on Edwards Air Force Base, leaving eight dead. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026 Bieber reached for loafers and socks for a preppy spin, grounded by an oversized leather bomber—an easy outfit formula for daily rotation. — Minty Mellon, Vogue, 30 July 2026 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 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

In April, for example, the head of the International Energy Agency predicted that flights may soon need to be grounded in Europe due to jet fuel shortages.

— Katie Silver, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
The water fans will project visuals, with the fountain’s jets providing strategic storytelling support.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of jet

Noun

Set the scene Anyone brave enough to travel long-haul with young children will appreciate the speedy 30-minute transfer time—and the excitement of a seaplane—between Malé and Lux* South Ari Atoll.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
The Island to Island package offers three nights at Soneva Secret before hopping onto a seaplane for three more evenings at Soneva Fushi or Soneva Jani.

— Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes.com, 12 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

Popular and literary myth tells that when martyrs die on the soil, the earth receiving their blood will give forth new fighters, thus the roses scattered on the cracking mud.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Well, Kaatri is a fighter and the warlock at the heart of this story.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 Aug. 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

Nature enthusiasts are flocking to Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria to catch a glimpse of the unusual amphibian.

— Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of amphibian

Noun

JetBlue employees found Sammuel Lackey, 32, sleeping aboard a 2012 Airbus A320 during a routine interior inspection prior to moving the jetliner early Sunday, according to an arrest affidavit by the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
The Tupolev Tu-104 was a type of jetliner originally designed to transport 50 passengers.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of jetliner

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