Thesaurus results for SEAPLANE

seaplane

noun

Definition of seaplane

as in amphibian

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Recent Examples of seaplane All 11 people, a pilot and 10 passengers, aboard the Kenmore Air seaplane have been accounted for after the plane made an emergency landing and caught fire near Sucia Island in the San Juan Islands, the US Coast Guard told CNN. — Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 24 July 2026 An image released by the Coast Guard showed the seaplane on fire in the water at the crash site. — Joe Kottke, NBC news, 24 July 2026 Last Sunday, a seaplane made a hard landing on the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan, snapping a wing strut. — Janet Handal, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026 Fire crews arrived to find the seaplane upright in the water. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for seaplane

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Noun

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
Because the Mexican burrowing toad lives in rainforest conditions with lots of trees and precipitation, the Los Angeles area likely had similar conditions when the amphibian occupied it, Cruz said.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of amphibian

Noun

During the 2025 Operation Midnight Hammer strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, an Ohio-class boat was called upon to augment B-2 bomber strikes.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Launching from an aircraft can also extend the missile’s effective reach, since the bomber provides an initial boost in both altitude and speed before release.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of bomber

Noun

Presidents have been flying since Teddy Roosevelt took off in a Wright Brothers biplane on a campaign swing in 1910 and Franklin Roosevelt crossed the Atlantic in office on a flying boat during World War II.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
The unmanned biplane was intended to carry explosives over enemy targets before crashing into them.

— Randy Tucker, USA Today, 15 June 2026

Definition of biplane

Noun

The crash was reminiscent of a 1979 crash in Chicago involving a DC-10, which was the predecessor of the trimotor jet that crashed in Louisville.

— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 19 May 2026
The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.

— Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2024

Definition of trimotor

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

Many of the jet owners keep their aircraft for personal use, flying under the FAA’s Part 91 regulations.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Pakistan ‌has since deployed about 8,000 troops, fighter jets, drones and an air defense system to the kingdom, Reuters reported in May, and has pursued wider Gulf ‌security ties.

— Reuters, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of jet

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

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