Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fly-bombed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables: fly--bombed
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Hit by flying bombs.

Example Sentences

"Croydon was the most fly-bombed area of London, and the nightly (and daily) noise of these doodle-bugs became a menace which had to be endured. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/41/a2913941.shtml"

Inflected Forms

more fly-bombed (comparative) most fly-bombed (superlative)

Questions

What does fly-bombed mean?: Hit by flying bombs.

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