dive-bombing

Definitions of dive-bombing
  1. noun
    a bombing run in which the bomber releases the bomb while flying straight toward the target
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    type 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
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