dive-bomb

dive-bomb |ˈdaɪv ˌbɑm | ▶verb [ with obj. ] bomb (a target ) while diving steeply downward in an aircraft: news that they had dive-bombed a US destroyer. • (of a bird or flying insect ) attack (something ) by swooping down on it: the crow folded its wings and dive-bombed the vulture. DERIVATIVES dive-bomb er noun

dive-bomb

dive-bomb ▶verb [ with obj. ] bomb (a target ) while diving steeply downwards in an aircraft: planes were dive-bombing the aerodrome. • (of a bird or flying insect ) attack (something ) by swooping down on it: the crow folded its wings and dive-bombed the vulture. DERIVATIVES dive-bomber noun