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glide bomb en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A standoff weapon with flight control surfaces to give it a flatter, gliding flight path than that of a conventional bomb without such surfaces.
    • The destruction wrought by glide bombs is visible in towns and villages near the front line. 2024 January 8, Carlotta Gall, Vladyslav Golovin, Mauricio Lima, “Exhausted, on the Defensive and at ‘Hell’s Gate’ in Ukraine”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

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glide bombs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

glide bomber

glide bomb en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To bomb using glide bombs

Forms

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glide bombed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
glide bombed Tense=Past lexicographic
glide-bomb alternative lexicographic
glide bombing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
glide bombs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic