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turbofan engine - a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust

fanjet engine, turbojet engine, turbofan, turbojet, fanjet, fan-jet

afterburner - a device injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust

fanjet, fan-jet, turbofan, turbojet - an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine

gas turbine - turbine that converts the chemical energy of a liquid fuel into mechanical energy by internal combustion; gaseous products of the fuel (which is burned in compressed air) are expanded through a turbine

jet engine - a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion

propjet, turboprop, turbo-propeller plane - an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine

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