divebomb
/ˈdaɪvˌbɑm/
verb
- To attack or drop something from an aircraft while diving steeply toward a target.
- The fighter planes would divebomb enemy positions during the battle.
- The vintage aircraft was used to divebomb targets in the war movie.
- In the simulation, pilots practiced how to divebomb accurately without being hit.
- To move or fall very quickly and steeply, especially in a way that seems aggressive or sudden.
- The stock market seemed to divebomb after the bad news, losing hundreds of points in minutes.
- A kid on a skateboard divebombed down the steep hill, barely avoiding a car.
- The hawk divebombed the field to catch a mouse.
noun
- An act of diving steeply to attack or reach something quickly.
- A seagull made a sudden divebomb toward the sandwich on the beach.
- The pilot executed a perfect divebomb on the target.
- The roller coaster's first drop felt like a divebomb into a dark tunnel.