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fly bomb

fly bomb is the alternative form of flying bomb.

Meaning of flying bomb

Noun

flying bomb (plural flying bombs)

  1. Any early guided missile, but especially the V-1.
    • In this category may be placed the new tube tunnel shelters in London, some of which have now been brought into use because of the flying-bomb attack.1944 September and October, “Shelters as Tube Railway Nuclei”, in Railway Magazine, pages 259–260

Forms of fly bomb

pluralfly bombs

Questions about fly bomb

What is fly bomb the alternative form of?
Fly bomb is the alternative form of flying bomb.

Words near fly bomb in the dictionary

  1. fly belt
  2. fly belts
  3. fly biscuit
  4. fly biscuits
  5. fly blind
  6. fly bomb
  7. fly bombs
  8. fly bottle
  9. fly bottles
  10. fly box
  11. fly boxes

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