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dive bombing

American  

noun

Military.

  1. a technique of bombing in which the bomb load is released when the aircraft is in a steep dive, usually at an angle of 60 degrees or more from horizontal.

Etymology

Origin of dive bombing

First recorded in 1930–35

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