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

Biden was ending the trip at the John Sidney McCain III Memorial near where, as a 31-year-old Navy lieutenant commander, his Skyhawk dive bomber was shot down by the North Vietnamese.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023

He even got to fly an A-24, a Navy dive bomber specifically used for aerial gunnery.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 13, 2017

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