dive bomber

English

Noun

dive bomber (plural dive bombers)

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

Synonyms

vertical bomber

Antonyms

horizontal bomber / level bomber

Hypernyms

bomber

Related terms

dive bombing
dive bomb

Translations

type of military aircraft

Finnish: syöksypommittaja
German: Sturzkampfbomber m, Sturzbomber m, Sturzkampfflugzeug (de), Stuka (de)
Russian: пики́рующий бомбардиро́вщик (ru) m (pikírujuščij bombardiróvščik)

Spanish: bombardero en picado m
Swedish: störtbombare c

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