2. Verb. (context: of a bird) To attack (especially the head of) a person or animal that strays into their territory ¹
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Definition of Divebomb
1. to drop bombs on a target from a diving airplane [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divebomb
Literary usage of Divebomb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In the Shade of an Acacia Tree: Memoirs of a Health Officer in Africa, 1945-1959 by Frank L. Lambrecht (1991)
"While working with L. under the barza, two bees suddenly divebomb from the sky
and score direct hits: one on L.'s under- lip, one above my right eye. ..."
2. Aerospace Power in the Twenty-First Century: A Basic Primer by Clayton K. S. Chun (2001)
"... 29000 enemy sorties were counted; of these, about 2300 aircraft a day divebomb
and strafe every movement on the ground, even a single soldier. ..."
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