bomber
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bomber¹
- /ˈbɒmə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈbɑmɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɒmə(ɹ)
noun bombers
- A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs. As many as 100,000 Japanese people were killed and another million injured, most of them civilians, when more than 300 American B-29 bombers dropped 1,500 tons of firebombs on the Japanese capital that night.
- A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism. The nail bomber who killed three people and injured dozens of others in a terrifying campaign last spring told police he was a homophobic Nazi, and that he hoped the explosions would "set fire to the country and stir up a racial war", the Old Bailey heard yesterday.
- Ellipsis of bomber jacket A few years ago, the leather bomber was a gold mine for retailers and a gravy train for vendors. Consumers were crazy for them.
- A 22-ounce beer bottle.
- Ellipsis of graffiti bomber To bomb the system is to saturate MTA subway cars with one's signatures. ln the 1980s, certain writers were identified as bombers because they had mastered all disciplines of the form: insides, throw-ups, window-downs, top-to-bottoms, […]
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A large cannabis cigarette.
In Canada, marihuana cigarettes rarely contain any tobacco, and may vary in size from a few hundred milligrams up to a several gram "bomber."
Similar: bifta, bifter, blunt, bogie, bomber, bone, bun, Camberwell carrot, doink, doinker, doob, doober
bomber²
- /ˈbɒmə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈbɑmɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɒmə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
A shortened form of bombproof.
adjective more bomber · most bomber
- Completely solid and secure, usually referring to some form of protective gear.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sub, submarine, wedge, poor boy, hoagy, hero, zep, hero sandwich, submarine sandwich, italian sandwich, hoagie, cuban sandwich, grinder, torpedo, bombardier, bombing
Translations
Every language
noun aircraft
| Español | bombardero |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 폭격기 pokgyeokgi |
| 日本語 | 爆撃機 bakugekiki |
| 中文 | 轟炸機 /轰炸机 hōngzhàjī |
| हिन्दी | बमवर्षक bamvarṣak |
| Português | bombardeiro |
| Français | bombardier |
| Deutsch | Bomber, Bombenflugzeug |
| Italiano | bombardiere |
| Ελληνικά | βομβαρδιστικό vomvardistikó |
| Română | bombardier, avion de bombardament |
| Русский | бомбардиро́вщик bombardiróvščik |
| Tiếng Việt | máy bay ném bom, oanh tạc cơ |
| العربية | قَاذِفَة قَنَابِل qāḏifat qanābil |
| עברית | מפציץ maftsits |
noun person who bombs
| Español | terrorista m or f que pone bombas |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 投彈手 /投弹手 tóudànshǒu |
| Português | bombista |
| Français | artilleur, poseur de bombes |
| Deutsch | Bombenleger, Bombenlegerin |
| Italiano | bombarolo, attentatore, dinamitardo |
| Ελληνικά | βομβιστής vomvistís |
| Русский | бомби́ст bombíst |
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title = {bomber},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bomber},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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