Meaning

1 senses
  1. (historical)A bomber aircraft that dives directly at its target in order to drop a bomb with greater accuracy.

    Sturzkampfbomber, Sturzbomber, Sturzkampfflugzeug

    пики́рующий бомбардиро́вщикpikírujuščij bombardiróvščik

    пікіруючий бомбардувальникpikirujučyj bombarduvalʹnyk

More definitions
  • a bomber that releases its bombs during a steep dive toward the target

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The first air striking unit consisted of 50 Zero fighters, 40 torpedo bombers and 81 dive bombers.

    ruПервое ударное воздушное соединение насчитывало 50 истребителей зеро, 40 торпедоносцев и 81 пикирующий бомбардировщик. — sigavax

Translations

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Forms

plural: dive bombers
Singulardive bomber
Pluraldive bombers

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
vertical bomber

Antonyms

2 antonyms
horizontal bomberlevel bomber

Word family

1 related words
Relateddive-bomb

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