stealth
Use Stealth in a sentence
noun
1.
secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
2.
a furtive departure or entrance.
3.
Obsolete.
a.
an act of stealing; theft.
b.
the thing stolen; booty.
adjective
5.
surreptitious; secret; not openly acknowledged: a stealth hiring of the competitor's CEO; the stealth issue of the presidential race.
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stealth (stɛlθ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act or characteristic of moving with extreme care and quietness, esp so as to avoid detection: the stealth of a cat |
| 2. | cunning or underhand procedure or dealing |
| 3. | archaic the act of stealing |
| [C13 stelthe; see | |
| 'stealthful | |
| —adj | |
| Stealth (stɛlθ) | |
| —n | |
| informal (modifier) denoting or referring to technology that aims to reduce the radar, thermal, and acoustic recognizability of aircraft and missiles | |
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Word Origin & History
stealth
mid-13c., "theft, action or practice of stealing," from O.E. *stælþ, which is related to stelen (see steal), from P.Gmc. *stælitho (cf. O.N. stulþr). Sense of "secret action" developed c.1300, but the word also retained its etymological sense into 18c.
Got a boost as an adj. from stealth fighter, stealth bomber, radar-evading U.S. military aircraft, activated 1983.
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Example sentences
The aircraft was a secretly developed stealth helicopter, which crashed during the operation.
At the same time their stealth has allowed them to move about and survive even close to built-up areas.
His hands make the motion of a stealth missile seeking its target.
And the speed and stealth with which the cardinal leaped on this opening are unseemly and, yes, sinful.
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