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drone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | bourdon, drone pipe |
| Type of | pipe |
drone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft |
| Type of | heavier-than-air craft |
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| Synonyms | droning, monotone |
| Type of | intonation, pitch contour, modulation |
drone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | bee |
Examples of drone
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In May, al-Alwaki himself was targeted by a drone attack, but managed to escape.
From the independent.co.uk
The internal debate about the drone program has been going on for nearly a year.
From the newsweek.com
Georgia televised a video it says shows a Russian fighter jet downing the drone.
From the voanews.com
All this and more emerge in tirades that tend to drone when they should crackle.
From the time.com
The CIA already conducts unmanned drone strikes in the country's tribal regions.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Lawmakers in more than 25 states have proposed legislation related to drone use.
From the freep.com
The Pakistani government denied there was ever any cooperation on drone strikes.
From the kansas.com
What about Awlaki's 16-year-old son, who died in a drone attack two weeks later?
From the orlandosentinel.com
The US itself murders thousands of innocents every year with it's drone strikes.
From the economist.com
- Make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on"
- Stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
- Monotone: an unchanging intonation
- Talk in a monotonous voice
- Dawdler: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- An aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
- An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV; also known as a remotely piloted vehicle or RPV, or Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)) is an aircraft that flies without a human crew on board the aircraft. Their largest uses are in military applications. ...
- Drones are male honey bees. They develop from eggs that have not been fertilized, and they cannot sting, since the worker bee's stinger is a modified ovipositor (an egg laying organ).
- In music, a drone is a harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment where a note or chord is continuously sounded throughout most or all of a piece. The word drone is also used to refer to any part of a musical instrument that is just used to produce such an effect.
