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supercruise

supercruise verb: to cruise at supersonic speed without using afterburners.

Verb

supercruise (third-person singular simple present supercruises, present participle supercruising, simple past and past participle supercruised)

  1. To cruise at supersonic speed without using afterburners.
    • The F-18 was able to supercruise 320 miles to the battlefield in 20 minutes and loiter there for an hour.

Noun

supercruise (plural supercruises)

  1. A mode or period of aircraft flight involving supercruising.

Forms of supercruise

Verb
third-person singular presentsupercruises
present participlesupercruising
past participlesupercruised
pastsupercruised
Noun
pluralsupercruises

Origin of supercruise

From super- + cruise.

Words formed from supercruise

Questions about supercruise

What does supercruise mean?
Supercruise means to cruise at supersonic speed without using afterburners.
What part of speech is supercruise?
Supercruise can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of supercruise?
The past tense of supercruise is supercruised.

Words near supercruise in the dictionary

  1. supercropping
  2. supercrops
  3. supercross
  4. supercrosser
  5. supercrossers
  6. supercruise
  7. supercruised
  8. supercruiser
  9. supercruisers
  10. supercruises
  11. supercruising

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