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bombing run

American  

noun

  1. bomb run.

bombing run British  

noun

  1. the part of a flight of a bomber aircraft that brings it to the point over a target at which its bombs are released

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Etymology

Origin of bombing run

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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On Monday, the head of Wagner, business executive Yevgeniy Prigozhin, claimed to have flown on a Sukhoi SU-24 fighter jet during a bombing run on Bakhmut, which is known in Russian as Artemovsk.

From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2023

Geological Survey geologist onboard the last bombing run, was doubtful.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2022

Those strikes followed a bombing run targeting the Lutsk military airfield in the country’s northwest, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency said, quoting Yuriy Pohulyaiko, head of the military administration in the area.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2022

Working with and effectively for the War Department during the bomb project, he witnessed the test explosion of the world’s first nuclear device and flew on the Nagasaki bombing run.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2021

On the night of July 31, 1943, the fifteen aircrews of a Po-2 squadron got ready for their nightly bombing run.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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