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attack helicopter

attack helicopter noun: an armed helicopter with the offensive capability of engaging ground targets such as enemy infantry, military vehicles, and fortifications.

Noun

attack helicopter (plural attack helicopters)

  1. An armed helicopter with the offensive capability of engaging ground targets such as enemy infantry, military vehicles, and fortifications.
  2. (Internet, derogatory, humorous, neologism, offensive) A fictitious gender assigned or suggested in quips, used to dismiss non-binary gender identities, and sometimes also transness in general.
    • […] but that wasn't “inclusive” enough, so now the gender listing isn't a checkbox with either “male” or “female” — it's a fill-in-the-blank where you can list anything from peanut butter to an attack helicopter as your gender. […]2018, Mark Dice, Liberalism: Find a Cure, Mark Dice, →ISBN
    • 'I identify as an attack helicopter' is a regular dismissal of non-binary identities; hearing this can be a weekly occurrence. The support of other non-binary people and bibliotherapy of good non-binary sources can be a remedy to this.2019, Sam Hope, Person-Centred Counselling for Trans and Gender Diverse People: A Practical Guide, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 59

Forms of attack helicopter

pluralattack helicopters

Questions about attack helicopter

What does attack helicopter mean?
Attack helicopter means an armed helicopter with the offensive capability of engaging ground targets such as enemy infantry, military vehicles, and fortifications.
What part of speech is attack helicopter?
Attack helicopter is a noun.
What is the plural of attack helicopter?
The plural of attack helicopter is attack helicopters.

Words near attack helicopter in the dictionary

  1. attack ads
  2. attack aircraft
  3. attack au fer
  4. attack dog
  5. attack dogs
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  8. attack is the best form of defence
  9. attack is the best form of defense
  10. attack page
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