(1) There are, however, plenty of arguments to be made about the Slim Reaper's supporting cast.
(2) • How the coalition is increasingly using deadly Reaper drones to hunt and kill Taliban targets by remote control from a base in Nevada.
(3) The RAF has not disclosed the number of US-made Reapers deployed in Afghanistan, but say they will double the total over the next two years.
(4) A "light installation" is projecting a shadowy grim reaper.
(5) However, the whispering Grim Reapers are, I think and hope, unduly pessimistic.
(6) The reaper has come for America’s strongest bank.
(7) The government disclosed as part of last year’s defence review that it would double its drone fleet from 10 to 20 and the existing Reapers will give way to an updated version, the Protector, capable of remaining airborne for 40 hours and due to come into service in around 2020.
(8) There may be pictures coming in from another Reaper in the area."
(9) And the Reaper surely attracts the image of the Grim Reaper, harvesting the souls of those damned with its Hellfire missiles .
(10) Reaper drones, which are armed with Hellfire missiles, are controlled remotely from RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire and a USAF base in Creech, Nevada.
(11) The RAF is also flying small manned twin turboprop Beechcraft King Air planes to complement surveillance missions undertaken by the unmanned Reapers.
(12) Bowie broke the silence in 2013 with The Next Day , a gnarly rock album spitting anger at warmongers, zombie celebrities and The Reaper with equal venom, as he prepares to “stumble to the graveyard and lay down by my parents”, adding archly, “just remember duckies, everybody gets got”.
(13) A small number of UK personnel are currently embedded within the US RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) programme, supporting Reaper aircraft in roles which are either engaged only in the launch and recovery phase or in non-operational environments.
(14) The cost of British weapons used against Isis targets by Tornados and Reapers amounts so far to over £13m, and probably significantly more.
(15) In the end, the result was a little memoir, My Year Off, an account of rediscovering life after a serious brush with the grim reaper.
(16) Government sources said that ministers then “agreed an approach” – a strike by an unmanned RAF Reaper drone – and authorised intelligence agents and the RAF to identify the right moment to strike.
(17) The RAF has about 10 armed Reaper reconnaissance drones in Afghanistan, and these could be deployed in Iraq or Jordan if the war against Isis looks as if it may be prolonged.
(18) Reaper “remotely piloted aircraft systems” as the MoD calls them, were first used by British forces in Afghanistan and are controlled via satellite many thousands of miles away in RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire.
(19) The events which have no name scythe through the valley like invisible reapers.
(20) The rules governing the firing of the Reapers' missiles "are no different to those used for manned combat aircraft, the weapons are all precision guided and every effort is made to ensure the risk of collateral damage and civilian casualties is minimised", a defence official said.
Scythe
Definition:
(n.) An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.
(n.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
(v. t.) To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cohen crossed the ball long from the right and Hurst rose magnificently to deflect in another header which Tilkowski could only scramble away from his right hand post, Ball turned the ball back into the goalmouth and the German’s desperation was unmistakable as Overath came hurtling in to scythe the ball away for a corner.
(2) His first goal was clinical in its execution and classy in its creation but the second was a thing of beauty, a scything volley after he exchanged passes with the substitute Ángel Di María, launching himself into the air and making the perfect connection to volley the ball into the far corner.
(3) The case report is presented of a 50 year-old scythe smith who produced 1400 scythes daily in piece-work over a period of 17 years.
(4) Four minutes later he scythed down the substitute Jordon Ibe and walked before Martin Atkinson could produce the second yellow card.
(5) They are entitled to have grievances about Nemanja Vidic's late red card, when a booking would have been sufficient for his scything challenge on Eden Hazard, but they were also extremely fortunate Rafael da Silva did not follow him in stoppage time for his two-footed tackle on Gary Cahill.
(6) The way Hakan Balta scythed down Necid took the sentiment too literally.
(7) Hence George Osborne's insistence that, when he wields the scythe through the national budget, he'll always have the poorest in mind.
(8) That seems to have been kicked into the long grass, though we may yet see them get out the scythes to retrieve it.” For Rudgard’s shop, however, the “snowed-in” atmosphere has been good for business, which is his retirement hobby.
(9) 5 min: Gabriel Heinze gets penalised for a scything tackle on Elias in midfield.
(10) Tioté was eventually booked for a scything foul on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the 60th minute.
(11) But Howe claimed the 22-year-old was lucky to still be on the pitch after he was scythed down by Rudd in the first half but was only booked by the referee, Robert Madley .
(12) Across London, MPs for what in happier times was called the Thames riviera were scythed down – Vince Cable in Twickenham, Ed Davey in Kingston, Paul Burstow in Sutton and Cheam.
(13) More than 200 inmates staged a mass breakout and, in the panic, guards opened fire, scything down escapees with machine guns.
(14) The events which have no name scythe through the valley like invisible reapers.
(15) They also have a good case for thinking that Gary Cahill should have been sent off for the scything challenge on Sánchez that persuaded Wenger to stride from his technical area to the one designated for Chelsea personnel and respond to Mourinho’s orders for a retreat by putting both hands into his chest to give him a shove and then reminding him, close-up, who was the taller, more imposing man.
(16) Played beneath a gunmetal grey sky on a day when temperatures struggled to reach 10C, it featured Dale Stephens equalising early in the second half only to be shown a straight red card after scything down Gastón Ramírez three minutes later.
(17) Sunderland never showed any hint of inferiority complex from the moment Phil Bardsley scythed down David Silva in the first few minutes.
(18) Taking a scythe to the production business would, however, wreck a key element in Grade's turnaround plan, which considered it an engine of growth that would supply 75% of the network's programmes.
(19) A red, white and blue grim reaper stood with his scythe among the crowd, repeatedly shouting for the heads of the Dutch players.
(20) After one crazed scything tackle, the recipient, Nemanja Matic, gets up and shouts something that would have Mark Lawrenson giggling into this commentary mic.