Definition of "reversers" [reversers]

• Plural form of reverser. (noun)

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• "The crew attempted to deploy the reversers at least three times before they kicked in, but by then the 90-ton jet had used up about two-thirds of the strip."
• "Data released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Friday indicated that the plane's thrust reversers, devices at the back of the engines used to slow a plane after landing, failed to engage for almost 18 seconds after touchdown."
• "The captain ordered him to steer the jet and tried to manipulate the handles to deploy the thrust reversers."