"free helicopter ride" meaning in All languages combined

See free helicopter ride on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-free helicopter ride.wav Forms: free helicopter rides [plural]
Etymology: In reference to extrajudicial killings by death flight carried out by several 1970s South American military dictators, most notoriously Augusto Pinochet. Head templates: {{en-noun}} free helicopter ride (plural free helicopter rides)
  1. (humorous, chiefly alt-right) Euphemistic form of death flight. Tags: euphemistic, form-of, humorous Form of: death flight
    Sense id: en-free_helicopter_ride-en-noun-oa1F1Z-T Categories (other): English euphemisms, Alt-right, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Torture Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Torture: 89 11
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see free, helicopter, ride.
    Sense id: en-free_helicopter_ride-en-noun-Q4d3pUe7

Inflected forms

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