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: an airplane of high speed and maneuverability with armament designed to destroy enemy aircraft
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Examples of fighter in a Sentence
the debate whether more fighters are needed to bring order to that war-torn country
a program at the community center for training local youths as fighters
Recent Examples on the Web
Al-Shifa, which Israel has repeatedly targeted, alleging that Hamas fighters are regrouping there, is roughly three-quarters of a mile from where the Hamada family car stopped.
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Cate Brown, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
More than 300 people — mostly fighters — have died in Israeli strikes.
—CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
The early life of the king included Australian military college and 3,000 hours in jet fighters after military training courses in the United States, according to the Associated Press.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2024
Joel tries to ask his own questions, which a couple of Western Front fighters brush off with a sarcastic sneer.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2024
Netanyahu and his generals keep insisting, Westmoreland-like, that victory in Gaza is around the corner while providing tallies of Hamas fighters killed.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
Some Hamas fighters took this to an extreme, killing several civilians on the Al-Rashid coastal highway using small arms and machine guns.
—Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) used some older UAVs in the first months of the war alongside artillery batteries and fighter jets, but had little success in rooting out RSF fighters embedded in heavily populated neighborhoods in Khartoum and other cities, more than a dozen Khartoum residents said.
—Reuters, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
Hamas’s most senior leaders are still alive; several thousand Hamas fighters are still at large; and roughly half of the hostages taken on Oct. 7 are still in Gaza.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Cate Brown, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
More than 300 people — mostly fighters — have died in Israeli strikes.
—CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
The early life of the king included Australian military college and 3,000 hours in jet fighters after military training courses in the United States, according to the Associated Press.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2024
Joel tries to ask his own questions, which a couple of Western Front fighters brush off with a sarcastic sneer.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2024
Netanyahu and his generals keep insisting, Westmoreland-like, that victory in Gaza is around the corner while providing tallies of Hamas fighters killed.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
Some Hamas fighters took this to an extreme, killing several civilians on the Al-Rashid coastal highway using small arms and machine guns.
—Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) used some older UAVs in the first months of the war alongside artillery batteries and fighter jets, but had little success in rooting out RSF fighters embedded in heavily populated neighborhoods in Khartoum and other cities, more than a dozen Khartoum residents said.
—Reuters, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
Hamas’s most senior leaders are still alive; several thousand Hamas fighters are still at large; and roughly half of the hostages taken on Oct. 7 are still in Gaza.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Fighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fighter. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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fighter
noun
fight·er
ˈfīt-ər 
: one that fights:
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: a fast airplane armed with weapons for destroying enemy aircraft
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