destroy an aircraft

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To completely ruin or demolish an aircraft.

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Examples (10)

  • The anti-aircraft missile is designed to destroy an enemy aircraft in mid-flight.
  • During the battle, the ace pilot managed to destroy three enemy aircraft.
  • The saboteurs' mission was to destroy the new stealth aircraft before its first flight.
  • A severe hangar fire completely destroyed the vintage aircraft.
  • The order was given to destroy any unidentified aircraft approaching the border.
  • If the engine explodes, the shrapnel could destroy the entire aircraft.
  • By the time reinforcements arrived, the attack had already destroyed the grounded aircraft.
  • The powerful electromagnetic pulse was capable of destroying any aircraft's electronic systems.
  • Their primary objective is to locate and destroy the enemy's reconnaissance aircraft.
  • Evidence showed that a bomb had been planted to destroy the aircraft.