enemy aircraft

collocation in English

meaningsofenemyandaircraft

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enemy
noun
uk
/ˈen.ə.mi/us
/ˈen.ə.mi/
a person who hates or opposes another person and tries to harm them or stop them from ...
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aircraft
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeə.krɑːft/us
/ˈer.kræft/
any vehicle, with or without an engine, that can fly, such as a plane ...
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(Definition ofenemyandaircraftfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If any fixed-wingenemyaircraftwere in the vicinity, a helicopter pilot would not be happy.
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Nor is there any doubt of what has to be paid, to put it no higher, if anenemyaircraftgets through.
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They must therefore be aircraft which must always have the edge of anyenemyaircraftthey are likely to meet.
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We also know that it was possible forenemyaircraftto come in from the north and the west across the sea.
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I am advised that traffic lights masked in accordance with the regulations afford no assistance to pilots ofenemyaircraft.
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The position is that with every destruction of houses byenemyaircraftthe accommodation becomes less.
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There were more visits byenemyaircraftthere than anywhere else.
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The total number ofenemyaircrafttaking part in the raids did not exceed 30.
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Onlyenemyaircraftin the first category are included in official communiqués.
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According to those figures we have in the north 266 fires of this description that will serve as guides toenemyaircraft.
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A fighter with a high chance of destroyingenemyaircrafteven in heavy electronic jamming conditions is needed.
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This fact will limit their attack toenemyaircraft.
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It was made by 60 bombers escorted by fighters, and 10enemyaircraftwere destroyed.
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The seas are freed now ofenemyaircraft, submarines and surface ships.
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The unwelcome visitations ofenemyaircraftdestroyed a number of licensed houses, wrecked others, and also, unfortunately, destroyed and wrecked the houses of their customers.
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The flying time from bases whenceenemyaircraftmight come is negligibly different in the two cases with modern high speed aircraft.
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Here, too, we shall be a little thin if there are anyenemyaircraftaround.
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After the area referred to was clear ofenemyaircraft, the "raiders passed" signal was sounded in accordance with normal procedure.
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That part of the country, which is to be a receiving area, is in the direct route ofenemyaircraft.
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It is not the practice to publish numbers ofenemyaircraftclassified as probably destroyed which, however, are often considerable.
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Nearly all theenemyaircraftbrought down in this country are so extensively damaged as to be useless for exhibition.
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