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Synonyms for airborne
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : air-bawrn, -bohrn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛərˌbɔrn, -ˌboʊrn |
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Définition of airborne
Origin :- 1640s, "carried through the air," from air (n.1) + borne. Of military units, from 1937.
- As in flying : adj in the air, winged
- I might have been able to see the Monument or the Capitol when we were airborne.
- Extract from : « Cue for Quiet » by Thomas L. Sherred
- "I'll have you and the Lady Dallona airborne and off for Ghamma as soon as you wish," he promised.
- Extract from : « Last Enemy » by Henry Beam Piper
- After you arrived back on AF-1, what did you do between that time and the time the plane was airborne?
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- We remained at Love Field until she administered the oath and the plane was airborne.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- After the President's plane was airborne, we left and came back to the city hall.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- As they were airborne, Scotty took the speed graphic he had brought and checked to see that a film pack was in place.
- Extract from : « Smugglers' Reef » by John Blaine
- But the terrain nearer at hand was implacably flat—and the enemy was airborne, a vicious winged shape growing at terrifying speed.
- Extract from : « World of the Drone » by Robert Abernathy
- Frosty spat his anger and leaped to attack, but the owl was airborne and he fell short by inches.
- Extract from : « Swamp Cat » by James Arthur Kjelgaard
- The dwindling of the great army accelerated, airborne replacements dependent on such erratic transport failed to fill the gaps.
- Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
- He mentioned the assignment of a black parachute battalion to the 82d Airborne Division as a good place to begin.
- Extract from : « Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 » by Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
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