- helicopter
- nounADJECTIVE▪ air-force, army, coastguard (BrE), Coast Guard (in the US), military, naval, police▪ civilian, private▪ presidential▪ rescue▪ ambulance (BrE)▪
An air ambulance helicopter came to the rescue.
▪ assault, attack, combat▪ armed▪ reconnaissance▪ transport▪ cargo▪ twin-engine▪ hovering, low-flying▪ downed▪Troops rescued the crew of a downed helicopter.
▪ waiting▪They crowded onto a roof to board a waiting helicopter.
▪ model (BrE)VERB + HELICOPTER▪ fly, pilot▪He flew helicopters during the Gulf War.
▪ board▪ land▪ deploy, dispatch, launch, scramble (BrE)▪The police helicopter was scrambled to search for the missing man.
▪ charter, hire (esp. BrE), rent (AmE)▪ down, shoot down▪The helicopter was downed by a missile.
▪ ground▪The helicopters were grounded by bad weather.
HELICOPTER + VERB▪ fly▪ circle, hover▪The helicopter hovered above the airstrip.
▪ buzz▪Helicopters buzzed overhead.
▪ take off▪ land▪ swoop down, swoop in▪ crash▪ carry sb, ferry sb, transport sb▪a helicopter carrying troops
▪ airlift sb, rescue sb▪A rescue helicopter airlifted the injured man to hospital.
▪ be equipped with sth▪ fire (sth)▪ drop sth▪Helicopters dropped supplies.
▪ patrol sthHELICOPTER + NOUN▪ flight, ride, trip (esp. BrE)▪ tour▪We're going to take a helicopter tour of the island.
▪ assault, attack, strike▪ rescue, search▪ deck, pad▪ crew, pilot▪ fleet▪ carrier, gunship▪ accident, crash▪ bladePREPOSITION▪ by helicopter▪The victims were flown to the hospital by helicopter.
▪ in a/the helicopter▪There were three people in the helicopter when it crashed.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
