Bomber Meaning
/ˈbɒmə(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
nounA person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.
Sentence Examples
The suicide bomber fired towards former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, but missed.
Tom and Mary adopted two children whose parents had been killed by a suicide bomber.
Tom seems to be unwilling to be a suicide bomber.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The stealth aircraft was designed as a heavy long-range ____ for strategic missions.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ flew high above the clouds on its secret mission today city.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English bomb Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bomber From bomb + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2020 March 7, Brad Lendon and Emiko Jozuka, “History’s deadliest air raid happened in Tokyo during World War II and you’ve probably never heard of it”, in CNN:
"B-2 bombers are the only plane capable of carrying the Massive Ordinance Penetrator, which experts have highlighted as the only type of bomb potentially capable of destroying Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear facility. Each B-2 bomber is able to carry two of these “bunker buster” bombs, which weigh an impressive 30,000 pounds each."
— 2025 June 21, Thomas Bordeaux, Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, “US moves B-2 bombers as Trump weighs Iran options”, in CNN:
"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."
— 2000 June 6, Nick Hopkins, “The bomber who tried to unleash a race war”, in The Guardian:
"A few years ago, the leather bomber was a gold mine for retailers and a gravy train for vendors. Consumers were crazy for them."
— 1991 March 18, Jeff Black, “The Bomber Jacket Is Taking Lots of Flak”, in DNR, volume 21, number 53, →ISSN, page 13:
"First singer and guitarist Marcus Mumford, wearing a black suit, then bassist Ted Dwane, in leather bomber and T-shirt.[…]"
— 2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, “How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world”, in The Guardian:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The stealth aircraft was designed as a heavy long-range ____ for strategic missions.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ flew high above the clouds on its secret mission today city.