DIVE-BOMB

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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

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)