"attack helicopter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: attack helicopters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} attack helicopter (plural attack helicopters)
  1. (military) An armed helicopter with the offensive capability of engaging ground targets such as enemy infantry, military vehicles, and fortifications. Categories (topical): Military, Aircraft, Transgender Related terms: one joke Translations ((military) armed helicopter): 攻擊直升機 (Chinese Mandarin), 攻击直升机 (gōngjī zhíshēngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), kamphelikopter [common-gender] (Danish), taisteluhelikopteri (Finnish), hélicoptère de combat [masculine] (French), hélicoptère d’attaque [masculine] (French), Kampfhubschrauber [masculine] (German), Kampfhelikopter [masculine] (German), helikopter szturmowy [masculine] (Polish), elicopter de luptă [neuter] (Romanian), elicopter de atac [neuter] (Romanian), боево́й вертолёт (bojevój vertoljót) [masculine] (Russian), уда́рный вертолёт (udárnyj vertoljót) [masculine] (Russian), atak helikopteri (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-attack_helicopter-en-noun-en:military Disambiguation of Aircraft: 83 17 Disambiguation of Transgender: 47 53 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of '(military) armed helicopter': 87 13
  2. (neologism, Internet slang, humorous, derogatory, offensive) A fictitious gender assigned or suggested in quips, used to dismiss non-binary gender identities, and sometimes also transness in general. Tags: Internet, derogatory, humorous, neologism, offensive Categories (topical): Transgender
    Sense id: en-attack_helicopter-en-noun-XCpT3V8y Disambiguation of Transgender: 47 53 Categories (other): English neologisms, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69

Inflected forms

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