dive bomber

American  

noun

1. an airplane of the fighter-bomber type that drops its bombs while diving at the enemy.

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dive bomber British  

noun

1. a military aircraft designed to release its bombs on a target during a steep dive

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Etymology

Origin of dive bomber

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

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dive bomber

“I miss him,” Biden said of McCain at the memorial, located near where McCain’s Skyhawk dive bomber was shot down in 1967 by the North Vietnamese.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 21, 2023

The aircraft collection consists of 23 warplanes, mostly from World War II, including a British Spitfire, a Japanese Zero, a German Stuka dive bomber, a Soviet Ilyushin II and a U.S.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2022

CHAY-DA-GAHI, which translates to "turtle," came to mean a tank, while a GINI, "chicken hawk" in English, became a dive bomber.

From Reuters ● Jun. 5, 2014

"It was very frightening - like a stuka dive bomber with screaming motors and the pressure gauges spinning around."

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2013

This is the best dive bomber that was ever built.

From A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. by Montgomery, Rutherford George