warplane

noun

war·​plane ˈwȯr-ˌplān How to pronounce warplane (audio)
: a military airplane
specifically : one armed for combat

Examples of warplane in a Sentence

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On Saturday, Israeli warplanes attacked military targets in Iran in response to an Iranian ballistic missile attack earlier this month. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2024 The 24-year-old said Israeli warplanes and drones struck many neighboring houses in the past week. Samy Magdy and Bassem Mroue, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2024 Days after Ali’s birth, his family returned to their home in the Zahrah neighborhood, just north of Wadi Gaza, but were forced to flee Oct. 18, just a day before Israeli warplanes bombed the area, Al-Taweel said. Samy Magdy and Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024 The next day, Israel said its warplanes struck 1,600 Hezbollah targets, destroying cruise missiles, long- and short-range rockets and attack drones, including weapons concealed in private homes. Melanie Lidman, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for warplane 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1911, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of warplane was circa 1911

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“Warplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warplane. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.

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