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bomber

noun

Definition of bomber

as in warplane

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Recent Examples of bomber The Pentagon emphasized that despite the relocation, the bomber fleet remains fully prepared to launch long-range strike missions directly from the continental United States whenever needed. — Bonny Chu , Liz Friden, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Cole’s lawyers have also advanced Kerkhoff as an alternative suspect, while Baker is accused of falsely identifying her as the bomber. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026 Beyond the bomber Within a few years, jihadi groups in Iraq, Jordan and Pakistan were also using female suicide bombers. — Sara Harmouch, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026 Then, when the real D-Day began, those troops would be pinned down by Allied bomber missions and further drops of British and Canadian commandos. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 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

Swiss company Metafuels is working to convert clean electricity into jet fuel, while RIFT and Enerin, based in the Netherlands and Norway respectively, are delivering high-temperature industrial heat from electrons instead of gas.

— Sophie Dembinski, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Nevertheless, watching a sports car flip upside down and land on cold-gas jets was proof enough that flying cars are moving out of science fiction and onto the runway.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of jet

Noun

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

Its design supports an air group of up to around 40 aircraft, including F-35B fighters and helicopters, depending on the operational configuration.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
This reboot, directed by Kitao Sakurai and starring Noah Centineo and Andrew Koji, takes place in 1993 as two estranged fighters are recruited to enter a tournament that forces them to face off against each other.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 14 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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