skip-bomb

[ skip-bom ]

/ ˈskɪpˌbɒm /

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verb (used with object) Military.

to attack (a target) by skip bombing.

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Origin of skip-bomb

First recorded in 1940–45

Policemen on the show joke about prison riots, bomb threats, and the shooting of unarmed civilians.
'Babylon' Review: The Dumb Lives of Trigger-Happy Cops|Melissa Leon|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In the middle of all of that past suffering and present-day conflict, this Cosby bomb was dropped.
Phylicia Rashad and the Cult of Cosby Truthers|Stereo Williams|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Ultimately, 2015 might be the year American anti-LGBT advocates wish they could skip.
‘Only God’ Can Stop Gay Marriage|Tim Mak|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Even a relatively small 250-pound bomb could kill or injure friendly troops who are within 650 feet of the explosion.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
More like bomb-shells, military mines, torpedoes, and nitroglycerine trains.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Well, though they do muster strong, we may make Edward's party skip for all that; if we have but justice on our side.
The Battle of Hexham;|George Colman
The trench mortars—bomb guns they call them—will be ready in Japan in two and a half months' time.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
That boy shows old Rachels blood, soliloquized the mistress of Wavertree Hall; he would not run if there were a bomb under him!
Those Dale Girls|Frank Weston Carruth
Nobody could read it twice, of 276 course; and the first time even it was necessary to skip.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson