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glide bomb

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables
glide bomb
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A standoff weapon with flight control surfaces to give it a flatter, gliding flight path than that of a conventional bomb without such surfaces.

verb

To bomb using glide bombs

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

glide bombs (plural) glide bombs (present, singular) glide bombing (participle, present) glide bombed (participle, past) glide bombed (past) glide-bomb (alternative)

Phrases

glide bomber

Questions

What does glide bomb mean?
A standoff weapon with flight control surfaces to give it a flatter, gliding flight path than that of a conventional bomb without such surfaces.

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