dive bomber

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

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Questions about dive bomber

What does dive bomber mean?

dive bomber means "a bomber that releases its bombs during a steep dive toward the target".

Is dive bomber a common word?

dive bomber is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.