glide-bomb
Verb: * To release a bomb from an aircraft while the aircraft itself is in a controlled, unpowered descent or glide, rather than in level or dive-bombing flight. This technique allows the attacking aircraft to approach a target from a greater distance while reducing its exposure to anti-aircraft fire.
The verb "glide-bomb" describes a specific aerial bombing maneuver. It is typically used in military and historical contexts. * The pilots were trained to glide-bomb the heavily defended bridge. * To avoid radar, the squadron decided to glide-bomb the enemy installation from a high altitude.
- The vintage warplane was restored to demonstrate how it would glide-bomb targets during World War II.
- Modern precision-guided munitions can be glide-bombed from outside the range of many air defense systems.
- Their mission was to glide-bomb the coastal batteries before the main fleet arrived.
- Gerund/Noun Form (Glide-bombing): The act or technique of carrying out a glide-bomb attack.
- Glide-bombing required exceptional skill from the pilot to maintain a stable trajectory.
- Past Tense: The action is commonly referred to in the past tense, especially in historical accounts.
- The aircraft glide-bombed the factory complex with devastating effect.
- Glide bomb (noun): A bomb, often with wings or guidance systems, designed to be deployed from an aircraft and glide over a long distance to its target.
- The new glide bomb has a range of over 60 kilometers.
- Dive-bomb (verb): To bomb a target by diving toward it in an aircraft.
- Level-bomb (verb): To bomb a target from an aircraft in level flight.
- Bomb (general term)
- Strike (general term)
- Attack from the air (descriptive phrase)
"Glide-bomb" is a specific technical term within the broader category of aerial bombardment. Its meaning is distinct from other bombing techniques like dive-bombing or high-altitude level bombing, emphasizing the gliding flight path of the delivery aircraft.
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bomb by gliding
