dive bombing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dive bombing
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Mr. Conter later attended Navy flight school and flew 200 combat missions in the Pacific, some of them involving nighttime dive bombing of Japanese targets.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
The competition consisted of aerial gunnery at 12,000 feet and 20,000 feet, skip bombing, rocket firing, panel strafing and dive bombing, according to the Air Force.
From Washington Post ● May 29, 2022
Rachel had no mercy and hopped behind the wheel of the blimp and started dive bombing it while Dean whimpered quietly.
From Time ● Jun. 19, 2017
Males have a false stinger used for mating so their habit of dive bombing is for show!
From Scientific American ● Aug. 28, 2013
He would leave a couple up, but the majority were really dancing good and really dive bombing once it got into the strike zone.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2011
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