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warplane

[ wawr-pleyn ]

noun

  1. an airplane designed for, or used in, warfare.


warplane

/ ˈwɔːˌpleɪn /

noun

  1. any aircraft designed for and used in warfare Also called (US)battle plane


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Word History and Origins

Origin of warplane1

First recorded in 1910–15; war 1 + plane 1

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Example Sentences

The Raptor, which was developed and built for $66.7 billion, has been a controversial warplane.

Later that night a warplane bombed Tel Rifat, destroying a house.

He lost his brother Joe in a downed warplane when he was 12 and his sister Kathleen to an air crash when he was 16.

Yes, one of his own friends was already attacking the warplane.

And the captain of the German warplane, he who died in my arms on the aerodrome near Contalmaison--he was there too.

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