dive bombs
Steep attack descents
Dive bombs refers to attacking by plunging steeply from above, originally describing aircraft that descend sharply to release bombs on a target.
The term extends to any sudden swooping attack: The mockingbird dive bombs anyone who gets near its nest.
Figuratively, something dive bombs when it drops sharply: The stock dive bombed after the earnings report.
- nosediveSudden steep descent
- plungeSudden steep descent
- swoopRapid downward plunge
- strafingAerial gunfire at ground
- air raidAerial military attack
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attack trajectory
dive bombsclimbs
Ascends by effort
pulls up · carpet bombing · ascends · strategic bombing · saturation bombing
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