warplane Definition
war·plane (wôr′plān′)
noun
any airplane for use in war
warplane Usage Examples
Converse of subject
drop: Garbage littered streets that were scattered with leaflets dropped by American warplanes warning the resistance to give up or face death.
Converse of object
- ally: For now, Mr Saddam is targetting allied warplanes patrolling the Iraqi skies.
- pound: Its warplanes pounded parts of the eastern Bekaa Valley.
- say: The U.S.-European command based in Germany said all warplanes left the area safely.
- base: The strikes are usually carried out by US warplanes based on aircraft carriers in the Gulf or land bases in the region.
- use: Defense Minister Alain Richard said that France was prepared to use warplanes to shoot down hijacked planes.
- fly: He warned the US against continuing to fly warplanes over Iraq, saying Baghdad had the right to upgrade its air defense systems.
Adjective modifier
- Western: Iraq has accused Saudi Arabia in recent weeks of participating in patrols of Western warplanes over Iraqi skies.
- British: The haven is guarded by US and British warplanes, but the area lies well beyond the Iraqi no-fly zone.
- American: Garbage littered streets that were scattered with leaflets dropped by American warplanes warning the resistance to give up or face death.
- Iraqi: The Attack on Halabja On Friday, 17 th March 1988, the village of Halabja was bombarded by Iraqi warplanes.
- allied: Huge lots of twisted metal and destroyed vehicles remain as grim testimony to the havoc unleashed on them by the allied warplanes.
Modifies a noun
- patrol: The air exclusion zones that the warplanes patrol are not sanctioned by any UN resolution.
- raiding: In the US warplane raiding areas of Helmand province, 3 Afghan children lost their lives.
Noun used with modifier
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