warplane

[ wawr-pleyn ]

noun

1. an airplane designed for, or used in, warfare.

warplane

/ ˈwɔːˌpleɪn /

noun

1. any aircraft designed for and used in warfare Also called (US)battle plane

Word History and Origins

Origin of warplane¹

First recorded in 1910–15; war ¹ + plane ¹

Example Sentences

At night, when sirens announced incoming warplanes, Levi-Montalcini and her family would hurry out of their apartment, down a set of stairs, and then across the courtyard to another set of stairs that led to cellars.

From Nautilus

Taiwan’s Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng, in response to the warplane drills, said that military tensions across the Taiwan Strait were at their most serious in more than 40 years.

From Washington Post

These elements are used in high-technology items like smartphones and flat-screen TVs, as well as military weapons systems like warplanes — and that makes them extremely valuable.

From Vox

The Raptor, which was developed and built for $66.7 billion, has been a controversial warplane.

From The Daily Beast

Later that night a warplane bombed Tel Rifat, destroying a house.

From The Daily Beast

He lost his brother Joe in a downed warplane when he was 12 and his sister Kathleen to an air crash when he was 16.

From The Daily Beast

Yes, one of his own friends was already attacking the warplane.

From Project Gutenberg

And the captain of the German warplane, he who died in my arms on the aerodrome near Contalmaison--he was there too.

From Project Gutenberg