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[ UK /hˈɛlɪkˌɒptɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈhɛɫɪˌkɑptɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades

How To Use helicopter In A Sentence

  • The remote desert area is accessible only by helicopter.
  • The president arrived at California in a helicopter yesterday.
  • The helicopter then touches down so that the same man, known as a mugger, can dash in and use a syringe to administer a mild sedative to the animal. Craigdailypress.com stories
  • Later it wants to follow up with the heavy stuff: tanks, helicopters, anti-tank weapons and armored personnel carriers.
  • PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Well, Lou, a senior defense official tells CNN that that consideration of using helicopters to rescue Americans would happen only if the Americans could not move over land to the seaport, which is the preferred option to get all the Americans out of Lebanon. CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2006
  • Until the carabiner pulled tight on the rigging, it seemed from the helicopter that he'd gone over in a suicide dive. MINUTES TO BURN
  • The Bonanza crossed the runway threshold while the helicopter was still about 250 feet from a planned touchdown point of 1500 feet down the runway.
  • The savers are booking seats on the helicopter to an assured financial future, while millions are left facing ruin. Times, Sunday Times
  • A team of rescue Sherpa evacuated the two men down through the towering seracs and debris to Base Camp where they were quickly flown to Kathmandu by helicopter.
  • Santa had also done a flyover in the Rescure helicopter.
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