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bomb run
noun
- the part of a bombing mission between the sighting of the target or its identification by electronic instruments and the release of the bombs.
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of bomb run1
Example Sentences
Of these youngsters, Barbara’s son Ryan was perhaps the most precocious, closing each day of skiing with one breakneck “bomb run” down the biggest hill.
But bear in mind: If your last bomb run of the day lands you in the front window, there’s a decent chance they’re going to expect you to pay for it — unless, of course, you’re family.
“That particular day … the fighters that were to meet us before the bomb run didn’t get there,” Sedgeley said.
Yossarian came in carefully on his second bomb run because he was brave then.
McWatt was too busy responding at the controls to Yossarian’s strident instructions as Yossarian slipped the plane in on the bomb run and then whipped them all away violently around the ravenous pillars of exploding shells with curt, shrill, obscene commands to McWatt that were much like the anguished, entreating nightmare yelpings of Hungry Joe in the dark.
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