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warplane Definition

war·plane (wôrplān′)

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

  • coalition: Coalition warplanes bombed an Iraqi air defense site in retaliation, a Pentagon statement said.
  • enemy: The Iraqi military said " enemy warplanes bombed civilian installations and services.