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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Noun

Unmanned aircraft could deliver essential medication without requiring helicopters and their crews to enter equally dangerous conditions. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026 The Doyle crew was also directing not only the Coast Guard helicopters, but also one flown by pilots with Fuerzas Unidas de Rápida Acción, or FURA, a division of the Puerto Rican police that also patrols the Mona Passage. — Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026 Before a backdrop that included a duo of Apache and Blackhawk helicopters, both women during the early Thanksgiving visit on Thursday thanked an assembly of hundreds of soldiers and their families for their service to the nation. — Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026 On Tuesday, crews used boats, drones and helicopters to conduct surface searches. — Cbs Baltimore, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026 Drones, ground crews and helicopters were deployed in the search, deputies said. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026 After examining technical data and reports, officials concluded that the sightings included lawful commercial, recreational and law-enforcement drones, along with planes, helicopters and stars that had been mistaken for drones. — MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Nov. 2026 Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said that 70,000 police officers were deployed, backed by armored vehicles, drones and helicopters. — Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026 French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said that 70,000 police officers are being deployed, backed by armored vehicles, drones and helicopters. — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

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Noun

And as always, sites and zones on Mars for the choppers means satisfying engineering constraints imposed by the project and spacecraft design.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026
The choppers included both marked CBP and what appeared to be military Black Hawks.

— Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 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

The deal catapults the company into a major player, with two of the largest free streaming video platforms in Tubi and Roku and a premium streaming service in Fox One.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026
The song went off at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show over the weekend (a perfect booking) and Tate has never been buzzier, so this could be the one that catapults her to the next pop tier.

— Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of catapults

Verb

The International Space Station orbits Earth at nearly twice that altitude.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2026
Sun’s piece mostly orbits a monochrome palette of heavy, inky black shading (with white outlines) and a lot of line detail, with broad, impressionistic brushstrokes characterizing the landscape — at least some of the time.

— Kambole Campbell, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026

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