Question 1 · Quick check
bomber
CEFRB1
/ˈbɒmə(ɹ)/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
An aircraft or person that drops bombs.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.
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.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsEllipsis of bomber jacket.
A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
A 22-ounce beer bottle.
More examples
In contextTom seems to be unwilling to be a suicide bomber.
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.
That night, I swallowed the last of my pain pills, smoked a bomber, and let the drugs carry me away.
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Origin
noun
From bomb + -er.