dive bomb
Nose-down aircraft assault
To dive bomb is to attack by swooping down steeply from above, releasing bombs near the lowest point of the dive—a tactic that allowed greater accuracy than level bombing.
The term extends to any steep, aggressive descent: A mockingbird dive-bombed the cat.
As a noun, dive bomb or dive-bomb describes the attack itself or the maneuver.
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