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Word entry · 7 letters

fighter

Best crossword clue

"Combatant or aircraft"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted efghirtStarts with FEnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air

Word origin

From Middle English fightere, feghtere, from Old English feohtere. Equivalent to fight + -er.

Used in a sentence

  • Little weapons / Over the phone / They like to threaten / The life that I know / They say "Get over here and get into the ring" / But I'm not really much of a fighter
  • Task Force 42 consisted of almost two dozen main line spinships, including the carriers Olympus Shadow and Neptune Station. Each of these can launch more than a hundred fighters or ALRs.
  • I toss around [37,654 tonne] dreadnoughts like they were fighters; dimly aware of the former crews being crushed to liquescence.

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