dive bombing
present participle of dive-bomb
/ˈdaɪv ˌbɑmɪŋ/
noun
- A military attack in which an aircraft drops bombs while diving steeply toward a target.
- Dive-bombing was a key tactic during World War II.
- The pilot practiced dive-bombing on the training range.
- The museum exhibit explained how dive-bombing changed aerial warfare.
- The behavior of a bird or insect that suddenly swoops down from the air, often to attack or scare something.
- The hawk's dive-bombing was so fast that the rabbit didn't see it coming.
- We had to avoid the dive-bombing of angry wasps near the nest.
- The seagull's dive-bombing scared the tourists on the beach.
verb
- Present participle of divebomb: to attack or swoop down suddenly from above.
- The fighter jets are dive-bombing the enemy base.
- The drone is dive-bombing the target with precision.
- The mother bird kept dive-bombing anyone who came near her chicks.