Afterburners

Synonyms for "afterburners" (7 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
accelerated phaseauxiliary burner

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
exhaust combustorrapid acceleration

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
surgethrust augmenterturbo mode

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

4 entries
engine componentjet propulsion systemoperational modeperformance state

More specific

5 entries
aft burnerafterburning moduleburst phasehigh gearreheat system

Collocations

5 entries
afterburner operationfuel rich combustionjet engine afterburnermilitary aircraft afterburnersthrust augmentation

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Afterburners are only used on supersonic aircraft like fighter planes and the Concorde supersonic airliner.

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The jet pilot turned on his afterburners and flew towards the sun.

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