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bombing run

bombing run noun: the route of a bomber as it approaches its target; a sortie of a bomber.

Noun

bombing run (plural bombing runs)

  1. The route of a bomber as it approaches its target; a sortie of a bomber
    • There’s palpable peril in the squadron’s ever-mounting bombing runs, and Cathcart’s moving target of a mission quota makes a clever parallel to contemporary America’s Forever War, but the flight sequences wind up acquiring a deadening repetitiousness2019 May 16, Erik Adams, “A potent satire has its wings clipped in Catch-22”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2019

Forms of bombing run

pluralbombing runs

Questions about bombing run

What does bombing run mean?
Bombing run means the route of a bomber as it approaches its target; a sortie of a bomber.
What part of speech is bombing run?
Bombing run is a noun.
What is the plural of bombing run?
The plural of bombing run is bombing runs.

Words near bombing run in the dictionary

  1. bombinators
  2. bombing
  3. bombing around
  4. bombing off
  5. bombing out
  6. bombing run
  7. bombing runs
  8. Bombingham
  9. bombings
  10. bombinin
  11. bombinins

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