liftoffs
- plural of liftoff.
Example Sentences
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Its built-in solid propellant makes launches harder to detect than liquid-fueled missiles, which must be fueled for liftoffs.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023
Security Council resolutions ban North Korea from performing any launches using ballistic technology, such as satellite liftoffs and missile tests.
From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2023
It was a thing of teeth-rattling liftoffs and bone-thumping landings and a dependence on fire—fire!, the fuel of the primitives—to get anywhere at all.
From Time • Feb. 27, 2015
The engaging Gomez’s liftoffs occur courtesy of ZFX’s flying effects.
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2014
Besides bone-rattling liftoffs and astronauts goofing around in the space shuttle, the film features trips through the Hubble images themselves.
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2010
