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DIVE-BOMB
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they dive-bomb ... he / she / it dive-bombs
Past simple: dive-bombed
Past participle: dive-bombed
-ing form: dive-bombing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bomb from a diving airplane
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "dive-bomb" is one way to...):
bomb; bombard (throw bombs at or attack with bombs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
dive bomber (a bomber that releases its bombs during a steep dive toward the target)
dive-bombing (a bombing run in which the bomber releases the bomb while flying straight toward the target)
