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  • noun colloquial A military aircraft suited to the destruction of tanks.

Etymologies

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tank +‎ buster

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Examples

  • To emphasise the need, for this equipment, the committee reminds us of the four "friendly fire" incidents in Iraq in March 2003, an American Patriot missile shot down an RAF Tornado aircraft, killing the crew; and American A-10 "tankbuster" aircraft killed Corporal of Horse Matty Hull of the Blues and Royals; a British Challenger 2 tank engaged another outside Basra, killing two soldiers, and a Royal Marine was killed by others.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Richard 2007

  • Some War Pron here, a bunch of jihadist fuckwads meet the business end of a tankbuster.

    Taliban savages V Tankbuster. Needless to say the barbarians lose. FIDO The Dog 2009

  • Fart of death a great sound, unless your the one hit by a tankbuster.

    Taliban savages V Tankbuster. Needless to say the barbarians lose. FIDO The Dog 2009

  • CHARLES MINTIER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: An A-10 Warthog or tankbuster, the one that was seen or like it over the skies of Baghdad this morning, has crashed.

    CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2007 2007

  • Rarely has there been such a dramatic illustration of the difficulty of taking rapid decision in the war that two American pilots in the tankbuster (ph) aircraft managed to convince themselves that the orange panels they saw on these vehicles were not the traditional sign that they were allied vehicles and not to be attacked, but were orange colored rocket launchers.

    CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2007 2007

  • UNIDENTIFIED MALE: An A-10 Warthog or tankbuster, the one that was seen or like it over the skies of Baghdad this morning, has crashed.

    CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2007 2007

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