Bombing
Meanings and phrases
bombing
- an attack by dropping bombs; bombardment
- the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists
n.
- an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target; carpet bombing; saturation bombing
n.
- that part of the flight that begins with the approach to the target; includes target acquisition and ends with the release of the bombs
n.
- an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target; area bombing; saturation bombing
n.
- a bombing run in which the bomber approaches the target at a low altitude and pulls up just before releasing the bomb; toss bombing
over-the-shoulder bombing
- a special case of loft bombing in which the bomb is released past the vertical so it is tossed back to the target
n.
- an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target; carpet bombing; area bombing
n.
- a terrorist bombing carried out by someone who does not hope to survive it
- A suicide bombing occurred there, which she began documenting.
- A suicide bombing at a tea shop in Tal Afar killed 7 and injured 25.
- On 5 October 2014, a suicide bombing took place near the city hall of Grozny.
n.
- a bombing run in which the bomber approaches the target at a low altitude and pulls up just before releasing the bomb; loft bombing
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- M19CO engaged in a bombing campaign in the 1980s.
- The attacks were part of the start of a new bombing campaign in London.
- Keating was active in London during the 1939/1940 IRA bombing campaign.
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- On being de-mobbed he had completed 84 bombing raids in 3½ yrs.
- They flew bombing raids against Japanese targets in the East Indies.
- The Americans, in contrast, flew daylight bombing raids into Germany.
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- The US strategic bombing survey (USSBS) identified "catastrophic" damage.
- It formed part of the immense Allied strategic bombing effort during the war.
- It was flexible and it was able to carry out both operational-tactical, and strategic bombing.
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- This type of heavily escorted bombing raid was called a Ramrod.
- The building suffered extensive damage during a bombing raid on May 8, 1944.
- The church was affected by a fire during an Allied bombing raid on April 6, 1944.
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- Government forces reportedly also used helicopters on bombing missions.
- The 1943-1944 season was halted midway because of the Allied bombing missions over Romania.
- (During World War II, allied bombers returning to Great Britain from bombing missions used it as a marker.)
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- Strategic bombing during World War II
- The church was badly damaged by bombing during the Second World War.
- It was destroyed by Israeli bombing during the attack on Gaza in 2014.
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- In the Second World War, Naro was damaged by aerial bombing.
- In late February and early March 1942, there were two aerial bombing raids.
- The Baroque city castle was destroyed by 1944 aerial bombing during World War II.
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- They were also used as decoys during night bombing attacks.
- The left brigade began bombing attacks and the reserve brigade was sent forward.
- Historians believe that Galleani's followers began their bombing attacks in 1914.
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- The United States began a strategic bombing campaign against Axis forces in Europe in mid-1942.
- In 1973, the ISOC commenced a bombing campaign against hill tribe villages in northern Thailand.
- The 23rd Air Flotilla had in the meantime resumed its daylight bombing campaign against Port Darwin.
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- The propellers that were used on the bombing mission were later shipped to Texas A&M University.
- One section escorted a large number of B-36 Peacemakers in a simulated bombing mission over New York City.
- During a bombing mission to Germany, wartime pilot Peter Churchman (Boyd) inadvertently destroys a French cathedral.
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- A bombing attack into the rest of Stuff Redoubt gained ground but this was later abandoned.
- Bilour was son of Bashir Ahmad Bilour who was also killed in a suicide bombing attack in December 2012.
- The first mission was flown on the night of 16 August 1942 and consisted of a bombing attack on the harbor at Mersa Matruh.
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- Although in the area the day of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Yusuf survived.
- The group entered Hiroshima on September 4, nearly a month after the atomic bombing.
- The enriched uranium was used in the Little Boy atomic bomb used in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
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- The United States began a strategic bombing campaign against Axis forces in Europe in mid-1942.
- Losses of territory and a dramatic expansion of the Allied strategic bombing campaign caused the collapse of the German economy from late 1944.
- The B-17 was primarily employed by the USAAF in the daylight strategic bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial and military targets.
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- Three al-Qaeda operatives carried out the Mostar car bombing in 1997.
- FBI agent Jeremiah Ecks left the agency after his wife Rayne was killed in a car bombing.
- In 2003, the Neve Shalom Synagogue was targeted in a car bombing, killing 21 Turkish Muslims and 6 Jews.
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- The church then owned a first Roethinger organ, which was destroyed during the bombing of 1944.
- She was in Darwin during the bombing of Darwin on 19 February 1942, although she was not damaged.
- Approximately 22,000 people lived in Düren at that time, and 3,000 of them died during the bombing.
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- A bombing occurred in Mubi on 1 June 2014.
- A suicide bombing occurred there, which she began documenting.
- The next day, the bombing occurred.
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- The village was completely destroyed by bombing.
- These were subsequently destroyed by bombing.
- In 1943 E.333.023 of Bolzano depot was destroyed by bombing.
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- Forvie was to be used for air to ground and dive bombing practice.
- He was a pioneer of dive bombing.
- The Japanese bombers then conducted dive bombing and level bombing attacks on the ships in Darwin Harbour.
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- They were also used as decoys during night bombing attacks.
- The night bombing force of the 492nd became known as the "Black Liberators."
- The field supported Halifax bombers in the night bombing campaign over Germany.