precision bombing

noun

1. aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped, as accurately as possible, on a specific, usually small, target.

Word History and Origins

Origin of precision bombing¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

He witnessed an air display by an F-35 aircraft, which conducts the precision bombing role similar to that carried out by the Lancaster aircraft he flew during the war.

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Throughout that period of carnage, the U.S. had remained committed to the concept of precision bombing, convinced that it was not only morally superior but also a better way to destroy an enemy's industry.

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U.S. and South Korean warplanes conducted precision bombing drills Tuesday in response to North Korea firing a ballistic missile over Japan.

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Bombing the killing camps would have diverted bombers from military targets, and — “precision bombing” was then an oxymoron — would have killed many Jews.

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How a strategy to reduce bloodshed with precision bombing in World War II was thwarted by military leaders.

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