supertruck
Britishnoun
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a fast powerful truck used in truck racing
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a very large truck used for transporting heavy loads in quarries and other heavy engineering sites, but which is too large for use on public roads
Example Sentences
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“Leveraging GM’s advanced technology, this demonstration will prove to our U.S. Army customer what an all-electric supertruck can do and how the underlying technology can be leveraged for future defense needs, whether on an installation or in a tactical environment,” Steve DuMont, president of GM Defense, a subsidiary of General Motors, said in a statement.
From Washington Times
Ram makes the TRX which is a 700-horsepower supertruck, it’s a gigantic truck.
From The Verge
A recent ad for the forthcoming electric GMC Hummer “supertruck” seemed to celebrate this outsized impact, featuring C.G.I. footage of a Hummer falling from the sky and smashing onto a city street, creating a huge crater.
From New York Times
GM's first electric pickup is an "electric supertruck," the GMC Hummer EV, priced from $79,995 to nearly $100,000.
From Reuters
The “world’s first supertruck” revives the Hummer brand — a beloved icon to some, a symbol of excess to others — for the first time since it was phased out in 2010.
From Washington Post
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