drone
/dɹoʊn/ verb C2- To kill or destroy with a drone (unmanned aircraft), or with a missile fired by a drone.
He/she/it drones · Past droned · Past participle droned · -ing form droning
Verb forms
- Base form
- drone
- He/she/it
- drones
- Past
- droned
- Past participle
- droned
- -ing form
- droning
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
For an hour he droned away upon his violin, endeavouring to soothe his own ruffled spirits.
And yet the cottage was not deserted, for a low sound came to our ears—a kind of drone of misery and despair which was indescribably melancholy.
The droning sound swelled louder upon our ears until it became one long, deep wail of distress.
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