AIR-CUSHION VEHICLE Synonyms: 85 Similar Words

air-cushion vehicle

noun

Definition of air-cushion vehicle

as in aircraft

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Noun

The system provides information about an aircraft’s attitude, heading and position to flight-critical systems.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration told CBS News and Politico that the vehicle doesn’t meet its definition of an aircraft, meaning the agency wouldn’t need to certify it as airworthy.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of aircraft

Noun

Albanian naval officer Bamir Kundreti, who is 56 years old, lived with his family on Sazan for eight years after 1991 as a torpedo boat commander.

— Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
Destroyers were invented in the 1880s, when they were called torpedo boat destroyers.

— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 Sep. 2022

Definition of torpedo boat

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Both companies plan to offer a commercial air taxi service using electric aircraft that function like Ubers over congested cities.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Bye Aerospace also expects interest from air taxi operators and private owners.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of air taxi

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The ship’s 21 crew members were safely evacuated and no injuries were reported, according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Iran appears to be targeting vessels conducting ship-to-ship oil transfers around the Strait of Hormuz, according to a military institute.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of ship

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Haunted truck tours and airboat tours are available separately.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
What Duane Betts Talks About On This Episode Growing up along Sarasota Bay and remembering the Florida of his childhood, from fishing trips and Lake Okeechobee airboat rides to summers in Islamorada.

— Sid Evans, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of airboat

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An expedition to find evidence of Amelia Earhart’s missing plane near a remote island in the South Pacific has come up empty, researchers said Sunday.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Well outside Cuba’s territorial waters, Cuban MiGs destroyed two of the civilian planes with air-to-air missiles, killing the four occupants, the complaint said.

— David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of plane

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An array of pillars, permanent marks, the imposing Napoleonic-era Spitbank Fort, as well as the comings-and-goings of ferries and even the hovercraft going back and forth between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 26 July 2026
The hovercraft tragedy underscores the rapidly changing weather conditions, dangerous waves and strong winds associated with Lake Baikal, reports indicated.

— Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2026

Definition of hovercraft

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