air-breathe

air-breathe
/air"breedh'/, v.i., air-breathed /-breedhd'/, air-breathing.
(of an engine, aircraft, missile, etc.) to take in air from the atmosphere to oxidize the fuel for combustion.
[AIR1 + BREATHE]

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