Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parabombing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: parabomb-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Bombing by parachute.

Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Released from altitudes of 100 feet or less, the bombs dropped by B-26's in Korea have demonstrated the accuracy possible in low-level parabombing."
"I was playing Lunar Base Skirmish the other nite for a bit, and while I still couldn't use many of these new units allies were able to build things like parabombing yaks, dogs, and other stuff."
"For that matter, we're really in trouble when terrorists take to suicide parabombing."
"Now they need to do that, and set up a parabombing center at the nearest functional airport and drop every sugar-based soda in the Caribean on the place."

Etymology

From para- + bombing.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: para

Usage

Questions

What does parabombing mean?: Bombing by parachute.
Where does parabombing come from?: From para- + bombing.

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