Thesaurus results for HELICOPTERS

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noun

plural of helicopter

as in choppers

a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally took a helicopter tour to get a better sense of the grandeur of the Grand Canyon

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verb

present tense third-person singular of helicopter

as in jets

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Starlink services were cut off for objects that traveled more than 100 mph, impacting the capabilities of Ukraine’s drones, airplanes and helicopters, a source familiar with the matter told The Hill. — Suryatapa Chakraborty, The Hill, 15 Oct. 2026 What started as a capture and extraction mission turned into hell on Earth after multiple helicopters were hit by Somalia fighters. — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 SkyFall maneuver AeroVironment of Arlington, Virginia is partnering with JPL, selected last August to co-design and co-manufacture the SkyFall helicopters. — Leonard David, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026 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 Elsewhere near Ensenada, Mexican soldiers used helicopters to rescue 32 people, including 13 minors, from Rancho Genesis, a camp for orphans staffed by missionaries. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 In the afternoon, the Mexican military used helicopters to rescue 32 people — 22 of them foreigners — from a ranch in Ensenada. — CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 At least three helicopters were flying overhead downtown near Skid Row in the aftermath of the Thursday sweep. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 The report largely follows NTSB findings and says the FAA’s route-crossing of military helicopters and civilian jets was a primary factor. — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The choppers included both marked CBP and what appeared to be military Black Hawks.

— Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2026
But Cress points out that for news helicopters, and police choppers, hovering and maintaining low altitude is a common practice.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of choppers

Verb

The President frequently jets down to his Palm Beach property on weekends.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
Instead of Paris this time, the film jets off to another fabulous destination besides New York — Milan — for a huge fashion expo where Lady Gaga gets to perform and even exchange swipes with Miranda.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of jets

Verb

And the joy in the swanky dining room rockets up whenever somebody orders the Cacio e Pepe, which is mixed in a big cheese wheel, or the New York Steak, which a server sets ablaze before slicing with a flaming knife.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
Following Parton’s death, the collection rockets all the way to first place with only a few days of solid tracking activity behind its ascent.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of rockets

Verb

Chelsea have huge numerical superiority in their own penalty area as Kevin Schade catapults one in from the Brentford left, but only Cole Palmer is in position to contest any second ball out on its edge.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
The stark white tip offers an especially bright touch that catapults the design into mod-era loveliness.

— Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of catapults

Verb

Viewed from a distance, the steady feeding process would proceed like a triangle as the victim brown dwarf orbits the star that is eating it.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026
The new definition of a planet, according to Nat Geo, is an object that orbits the Sun, is large enough to have become round (due to the force of its own gravity) and dominates the neighborhood around its orbit.

— Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026

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