bomber
214
3.7
- noun
- /ˈbɑːmər/
:
bombardero
- Royal Air Force night bombers were to destroy shore defenses during the predawn hours.
- B-2 bomber
- stealth bomber
- fighter-bomber
Will those young guys fly in those bombers, let those bombs go?
- Will those young guys fly in those bombers, let those bombs go?
- And then our bombers carry, you know, gravity bombs.
- And then that's when they first started using bombers.
- The, the, the radio, the telephone lines go down and it allows the bombers to do a sneak attack.
- What's the best way to deploy bombers, etcetera.
- Apparently during World War Two, people would go out into the fields and watch the German bombers come over on their way to London.
- He was assigned to become a tail gunner and in the bomber that that he was in and bomber crews are very tight and close knit.
- And these kids who call the flights rosin bomber, Raisin bombers.
Examples
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Your parents hope David exists; he's missing in action, his bomber was shot down over North Korea.
Fiction book (1992) -
Apparently during World War Two, people would go out into the fields and watch the German bombers come over on their way to London.
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My dad was a bomber pilot in the war.
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Why not just send in a bomber squadron?
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Some of our bombers got through, but hit nothing vital.
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And actually they shot Russian bombers in the Turkish sky without any problem.
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When the first bombers returned, everyone counted the planes to see how many were coming back.
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The Air Force still flies the B-52 bombers, the last of which was built in 1962.
Academic text (2017) -
Just then, a huge olive drab B-17 bomber appears out of nowhere and roars directly overhead.
Fiction book (1990) -
The bomber soared over the battlefield, ready to deliver its payload.
Synonyms
36
4.8
A plane built to fight in war
9
5.6
A very large American military plane that carries bombs over long distances
8
3.9
A plane used by the armed forces for fighting or protection
7
7.5
A military plane built to hide from radar and drop bombs
1
6.9
A military plane that dives to drop bombs more accurately
1
4.8
A fast military plane that hits enemy targets near the ground
Compounds
2
3.1
A short jacket that fits at the waist and cuffs, often with a front zipper like a pilot's jacket
- Specialized
1
4.0
A group of people who fly and work on a military plane that drops bombs
How Large
214
3.7
- Specialized
359
4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bomber comes from bomb, a word that began from an old Greek word for a deep 'boom' sound, plus the ending -er meaning 'one who does'. So a bomber is literally something that makes a big 'boom', and today it means a plane that carries and drops bombs.