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dive-bomb

[dahyv-bom]
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
to attack with or as if with a dive bomber.

Origin:
1930–35
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dive-bomb   (dīv'bŏm')
tr.v.   dive-bombed, dive-bomb·ing, dive-bombs
To bomb from an airplane at the end of a steep dive toward the target.
dive'-bomb'er n.
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