bomber

[US]/ˈbɒmə(r)/
[UK]/ˈbɑːmər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs; a person who drops bombs from an aircraft.

Phrases & Collocations

bomber aircraft

bomber squad

strategic bomber

bomber pilot

suicide bomber

stealth bomber

Example Sentences

The bombers will go in soon.

Our bombers sent the bridge up.

Jerry has some 200 dive-bombers at Spitzbergen.

one of the bombers had scored a direct hit.

Enemy bombers reduced the city to rubble.

He flew a bomber during the war.

the mangled remains of the bomber’s van

bitter wind blew from the north-east and the bombers were grounded.

she called for those who helped the bombers to be ostracized.

the bomber's wings were slicing the air with some efficiency.

Nuclear-armed bombers were put on alert during the crisis.

The Tornado jet fighter-bomber has two air intakes.

Our bombers worked over the enemy advance positions.

Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city.

bombers were gathered together to re-enact the historic first air attack.

Documentary chronicling the development B29 Stratofortress bomber and the role it played in World War II.

For the time in the morning when the bombers knew that the buses, trains would be full almost beyond capacity. 8:50 in the morning, a bomb rose through a train between Liverpool Street and Algate.

Introduced in 1938, the Flying Fortress was the best heavy bomber of the first part of the war, but by later standards it had a fairly small bombload.

Real-world Examples

We sent several bombers to attack the enemy.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

ISIS has used child bombers before.

Source: NPR News August 2016 Compilation

And they say ISIS used 18 child bombers in 2015.

Source: NPR News August 2016 Compilation

The explosion during rush hour injured the suspected bomber and three other people.

Source: VOA Special December 2017 Collection

And they have suicide bombers as well. It's going to take some time.

Source: NPR News January 2019 Compilation

The Pentagon said Sunday's strike hit a suicide bomber bound for the airport.

Source: PBS Interview Social Series

Officials said a suspected suicide bomber targeted a police vehicle near the Data Darbar shrine.

Source: BBC Listening Collection May 2019

And by 1956, the Soviets were flying long-range bombers that could reach the continental US.

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

A gun fight broke out when guards stopped two bombers from entering the crowded stadium.

Source: BBC Listening Collection May 2015

Jury selection got underway Monday in the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Source: AP Listening Collection February 2015

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