gunships

Heavily armed aircraft

Gunships are military aircraft—typically helicopters or fixed-wing planes—heavily armed for ground attack and close air support.

The term evokes images of Vietnam-era helicopters bristling with machine guns and rockets: The gunships circled overhead, providing cover for ground troops.

In gaming, gunship often describes any heavily armed aerial vehicle.

military

helicopter

Rotary-wing aircraft

  • ApacheSouthwestern indigenous nation
  • attackAggressive act against another
  • combatArmed hostile engagement

armament · firepower · Black Hawk · rotors · aircraft · warfare · squadron · aviation · armed · assault

gaming

killstreak

Sequential eliminations without death

  • respawnReappear after dying digitally
  • airstrikeAircraft-delivered military attack
  • loadoutSelected equipment configuration

multiplayer · battlefield · spawn · chopper · overpowered · unlock · power-up · aerial · enemy · match

naval

patrol

Regular surveillance route

boat · vessel · mounted · guns · navy · coastal · flotilla · swift · armed · cannon

fixed-wing

AC-130

Armed military transport aircraft

USAF · howitzer · Gatling · orbiting · gunfire · pylon · loiter · airframe · turret · converted

Categories
Opposites
military function

gunshipstransport planes

Aircraft for moving cargo

cargo aircraft · troop transports · reconnaissance aircraft

combat posture

gunshipsrescue helicopters

Aircraft retrieving endangered persons

firefighting aircraft

violence/peace

gunshipsaid convoys

Groups transporting humanitarian supplies

peace doves · humanitarian missions · hospital ships

Phrases
Family

gunship

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Rated PG