DIVE-BOMBING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dive-bombing mean? 

• DIVE-BOMBING (noun)
  The noun DIVE-BOMBING has 1 sense:

1. a bombing run in which the bomber releases the bomb while flying straight toward the target

  Familiarity information: DIVE-BOMBING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIVE-BOMBING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bombing run in which the bomber releases the bomb while flying straight toward the target

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("dive-bombing" is a kind of...):

bombing run (that part of the flight that begins with the approach to the target; includes target acquisition and ends with the release of the bombs)

Derivation:

dive-bomb (bomb from a diving airplane)