(n.) A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.
(v. t.) To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.
Example Sentences:
(1) Their manufacturer, Raytheon, describes the Tomahawk as a “modern, mature, powerful” weapon capable of “precise strikes on high-value targets with minimal collateral damage”.
(2) British Tomahawks, which are on submarines, are not yet within striking distance of targets in Iraq or Syria, official sources have suggested.
(3) Launched from ships or submarines and with a range of more than 1,000 miles, Tomahawk missiles have been at the heart of the US arsenal for more than two decades.
(4) They said America had "no real need to wait for Britain", and indicated the US would be able to undertake a limited campaign without the UK's proposed contribution – thought to consist of a small number of Tomahawk cruise missiles being launched from one of the Royal Navy's Trafalgar class submarines.
(5) As the Argentinian novelist César Aira wrote in 2001: “Any change is a change in the topic.” Trump has already proven head-spinningly adept at changing the subject, using everything from mad tweets to Tomahawk missiles.
(6) After indicating prior to that attack that Assad’s removal was no longer a priority, the US launched 59 Tomahawk missiles on the Syrian air base where the chemical attack was launched from.
(7) Modernising Tomahawk is quick and affordable way to provide warfighters with the capability they need to stay ahead of the threat.” 'The dead were wherever you looked': inside Syrian town after chemical attack Read more These sophisticated cruise missiles have been a critical part of US warfare since the Gulf war in 1991, when they were deployed in combat “with immense success”, according to the navy.
(8) Konashenkov claimed only 23 of the 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles reached the base, with the rest missing the target.
(9) The only European country that has Tomahawks is the UK — it’s paralyzed politically — so the next best thing is the French Scalp,” an airplane-fired cruise missile.
(10) Tomahawks were also instrumental in the Nato-led effort against the Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, and have gone on to be pivotal in the US fight against Islamic State in the Middle East.
(11) Because I was an only child these games were one-sided and usually involved either tomahawking the dog or trying to round him up with my string lasso.
(12) A British Trafalgar class submarine is also believed to be in the area, probably in the Gulf, equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles estimated to cost £500,000 each.
(13) Stanhope also admitted that the navy was having to buy more Tomahawk cruise missiles from the US to replace the ones it had already fired.
(14) Last week, Mr “America first” rained down Tomahawk missiles on a country whose relationship to the US’s vital interest is less than clear.
(15) Mayville said that the “preponderance” of strikes on Monday in Syria were conducted by American fighters, bombers, drones and Tomahawk missiles.
(16) Donald Trump launches 60 missiles in US strike after Syria chemical attack – live Read more More than 6.25 metres long (20ft) and weighing 1,590kg (3,500lb), the Tomahawk land-attack missile is billed by the US navy as “an all-weather, long range, subsonic cruise missile” able to be launched from either ships or submarines.
(17) Earlier that year the Obama administration had proposed halting Tomahawk production as part of cutting defence spending in 2014, when the navy had 4,000 missiles stockpiled.
(18) In reprisal for the Bashar al-Assad regime’s alleged use of chemical weapons earlier this week, the US launched 59 long-range Tomahawk missiles on the airbase from which it believes the Syrian warplanes launched the chemical attack.
(19) We’re not saying that we’re the ones to effect that change.” The aim of the Tomahawk missile strike on a Syrian airbase on Thursday, McMaster said, was to deter another use of chemical weapons after Assad’s forces killed dozens of civilians , including children, with a sarin attack on Tuesday.
(20) US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said US Navy destroyer USS Nitze launched the Tomahawk cruise missiles around 4am local time (0100 GMT).
Warrior
Definition:
(n.) A man engaged or experienced in war, or in the military life; a soldier; a champion.
Example Sentences:
(1) And just a few games shy of making history, the Warriors blew a 17-point lead and fell to the Minnesota Timberwolves – another team that didn’t even come close to making the playoffs – after forcing the game into overtime.
(2) And the Warriors played big men Andrew Bogut and David Lee very little in this game (just one minute for Lee and a DNP for Bogut), preferring to let Tristan Thompson and Mozgov get points inside.
(3) An investigation is under way to find out what caused the explosion that wrecked the Warrior vehicle as it patrolled the border of Helmand and Kandahar in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday.
(4) Speaking outside Battlesbury barracks in Warminster, Wiltshire, Stenning said: "Barely 48 hours ago, we heard the terrible news that six soldiers from The 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment were declared missing, believed killed, after their Warrior armoured vehicle was caught in an explosion in southern Afghanistan.
(5) Critics of initiation say traditional leaders have failed to update their teachings from the times when the ritual was put in place to select and grade warriors.
(6) Man of Steel gets three stars from him, thanks largely to an opening section that "creates a plausible context for the introspection and self-doubt that dogs the adult version of [this] costumed warrior".
(7) It ranges from cold warriors to appeasers," said one of the European officials.
(8) And just as they are fighting today against equal marriage, warriors of the cloth battled with everything they had to keep it that way.
(9) 'Happy warrior' Ed Miliband leaves leaders' debate notes in dressing room Read more The Liberal Democrats and David Cameron have opted out of the BBC debate on 16 April leaving Miliband at risk of attacks from a triple alliance to his left, as well as Nigel Farage to his right.
(10) The local undertakers were pleased to discover the great Henty to be the man they had always imagined - a full-bearded giant, stern and wise, dressed like a warrior hero or - much the same thing - a Victorian gentleman with the whiff of gunpowder and the clash of sabres about him.
(11) In the context of what he called the "normalisation of war", Bacevich argued that unchallenged, expanding American military superiority encouraged the use of force, accustomed "the collective mindset of the officer corps" to ideas of dominance, glorified warfare and the warrior and advanced the concept of "the moral superiority of the soldier" over the civilian.
(12) Maybe it's the culture, I don't know, but in England you're warriors.
(13) On Wednesday, after the blast that destroyed their Warrior vehicle, which took the death toll of British troops in Afghanistan over the 400 mark, talk was dominated by why British soldiers were still in Afghanistan and when they would be pulled out.
(14) The Warriors were without starting center Andrew Bogut, forcing Kerr to start Draymond Green at center alongside Harrison Barnes and Brandon Rush.
(15) Dean, a consignment store worker from Sebastopol in northern California , said she hopes progressive voters in the state heed the Warriors’ catchphrase and not only cast their ballots for Sanders on Tuesday’s primary, but mobilize others to do the same.
(16) In the first series of Game of Thrones, he is shown serving a warrior king gone to seed and oppressed by serious marital problems.
(17) French secret agents, on the orders of the government, planted bombs on the Rainbow Warrior in a New Zealand harbour, killing one of the crew.
(18) Welcome to Calabria #gestapo#ss#army#military#guerilla#warrior.” “It was not my intention to offend anyone,” he inevitably added later.
(19) This makes it very easy for anyone to pick up a weapon and become a warrior – meaning that not all of those who do are necessarily as doctrinally pure as a group might want.
(20) A gruff intellectual alternately nicknamed “Mad Dog” and “the warrior monk,” Mattis is deeply respected in much of the foreign policy establishment, despite notably clashing with the Obama administration over his more hawkish views on Iran.