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bomber Definition

bomber (bämər)

noun

  1. an airplane designed for dropping bombs
  2. a person who uses bombs, as for illegal purposes

bomber Synonyms

bomber

n.

bombing plane, heavy bomber, medium bomber, light bomber, aerial attack plane, bombardier; see also aviator, pilot 1, plane 3.

bomber Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • torpedo: Type: Biplane, torpedo bomber, later long distance reconnaissance.
  • twin-engin: Finally black specs appear in my sights and I see three formations, possibly 18 twin-engined bombers.
  • escort: A fighter is escorting a bomber on a raid.

Adjective modifier

  • long-range: We haven't built a new long-range bomber for 21 years.
  • b-1: As the pilot of the B-1 bomber swooped low, the controller told him: " This is the big one.
  • suspected: Next, how not to be a suspected suicide bomber.
  • engined: A system designed to counter a 400 mph piston engined bomber just could not cope with the new threat.
  • would-be: To the woman who was sat next to the would-be bomber?

Modifies a noun

  • squadron: Yet anyone who has served on a wartime bomber squadron will be aware of it.
  • jacket: He was possibly wearing gray bomber type jacket, beige fleece.
  • airfield: This fuel network supplied all the major bomber airfields during the cold war.
  • escort: The Squadron moved down to Cornwall in March 1943 for fighter patrols and bomber escort missions.
  • raid: On 31 May 1942 the first ' thousand bomber raid ' was launched against Cologne.

Noun used with modifier

  • suicide: The suicide bombers did not come out of thin air.
  • stealth: The Zeppelin Oak - October 2nd, 1916 The airship was the original " stealth bomber.
  • IRA: The IRA bombers were determined not to be caught.
  • fighter: I was making my headquarters at an air base where a fighter bomber wing was stationed.
  • liberator: A Liberator patrol bomber with a crew of 11 ditched ahead of our task group.
  • dive: First hand accounts from dive bomber pilots of WW2.

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