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helicopter gunship

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noun

  1. a large heavily armed helicopter used for ground attack

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Apache helicopter gunship also flew over the embassy and dropped flares in a “show of force,” attempting to disperse the crowd.

From Fox News Dec. 31, 2019

This City team is an irresistible force, both of sport and of political will; beautifully constructed, massively over-resourced, equipped with its own gold-plated helicopter gunship of a management structure.

From The Guardian May 18, 2019

A helicopter gunship arrived and was seen hovering.

From US News Dec. 1, 2014

Peña-Collazo, an AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship pilot, suggests female Army gunship pilots can serve as a kind of Petri dish on the issue of how female troops can perform on the front lines:

From Time Feb. 17, 2014

The French forces, fearing attack from surface-to-air missiles looted from Libyan stockpiles, have curtailed helicopter gunship missions in Mali, and they instead rely on higher-flying but less precise fighter-bombers for any airstrikes, Mr. Pham said.

From New York Times Jul. 10, 2013

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