precision bombing
noun
aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped, as accurately as possible, on a specific, usually small, target.
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Also called pinpoint bombing.
Compare area bombing, pattern bombing.
Origin of precision bombing
First recorded in 1935–40
Words nearby precision bombing
precis, precise, precisely, precisian, precision, precision bombing, precision casting, precisionism, precisive, preclimax, preclinical
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