bomb run

American  

Or bombing run

noun

1. the part of a bombing mission between the sighting of the target or its identification by electronic instruments and the release of the bombs.

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Etymology

Origin of bomb run

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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bomb run

“That particular day … the fighters that were to meet us before the bomb run didn’t get there,” Sedgeley said.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2021

With just enough fuel left for a single bomb run, the navigator, Captain James F. Van Pelt Jr. of Oak Hill, W. Va., hit Nagasaki exactly "on the nose."

From Time Magazine Archive

As the one-minute Spokane bomb run began, the wind was at a steady 50 knots.

From Time Magazine Archive

In order to hit a target in your bomb run, you have to fly a straight course, and you usually try to bomb on the length of the bridge and not crossways.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yossarian came in carefully on his second bomb run because he was brave then.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller