Meanings
noundive bomber (plural dive bombers)
plural dive bombers
- historicalaeronauticsA bomber aircraft that dives directly at its target in order to drop a bomb with greater accuracy.
Synonyms: vertical bomber
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bomber aircraft that dives directly at its target in order to drop a bomb with greater accuracy.
Similar
vertical bomber
Opposite
horizontal bomberlevel bomber
Translations
Arabic قاذفة انقضاضية
- قاذفة انقضاضيةtype of military aircraft
Bulgarian пикиращ бомбардировач
- пикиращ бомбардировач (pikirašt bombardirovač)type of military aircraft
Catalan bombarder en picat
- bombarder en picattype of military aircraft
Czech střemhlavý bombardér
- střemhlavý bombardértype of military aircraft
Danish styrtbombefly
- styrtbombeflytype of military aircraft
Dutch duikbommenwerper
- duikbommenwerpertype of military aircraft
Finnish syöksypommittaja
- syöksypommittajatype of military aircraft
French bombardier en piqué
- bombardier en piquétype of military aircraft
German Sturzkampfbomber, Sturzbomber
- Sturzkampfbombertype of military aircraft
- Sturzbombertype of military aircraft
- Sturzkampfflugzeugtype of military aircraft
- Stukatype of military aircraft
Greek βομβαρδιστικό κάθετης εφόρμησης
- βομβαρδιστικό κάθετης εφόρμησης (vomvardistikó káthetis efórmisis)type of military aircraft
Hebrew מפציץ צלילה
- מפציץ צלילהtype of military aircraft
Hungarian zuhanóbombázó
- zuhanóbombázótype of military aircraft
Icelandic steypiflugvél
- steypiflugvéltype of military aircraft
Indonesian pesawat pengebom menukik
- pesawat pengebom menukiktype of military aircraft
Italian bombardamento in picchiata, bombardiere in picchiata
- bombardamento in picchiatatype of military aircraft
- bombardiere in picchiatatype of military aircraft
Japanese 急降下爆撃機
- 急降下爆撃機type of military aircraft
Korean 급강하폭격기
- 급강하폭격기 (geupganghapokgyeokgi)type of military aircraft
Norwegian stupbomber
- stupbombertype of military aircraft
Persian بمبافکن شیرجهای
- بمبافکن شیرجهایtype of military aircraft
Polish bombowiec nurkujący
- bombowiec nurkującytype of military aircraft
Portuguese bombardeiro de voo picado, bombardeiro de mergulho
- bombardeiro de voo picadotype of military aircraft
- bombardeiro de mergulhotype of military aircraft
Romanian bombardier în picaj
- bombardier în picajtype of military aircraft
Russian пики́рующий бомбардиро́вщик
- пики́рующий бомбардиро́вщик (pikírujuščij bombardiróvščik)type of military aircraft
Spanish bombardero en picado
- bombardero en picadotype of military aircraft
Swedish störtbombare
- störtbombaretype of military aircraft
Thai เครื่องบินดำดิ่งทิ้งระเบิด
- เครื่องบินดำดิ่งทิ้งระเบิด (krʉ̂ang-bin-dam-dìng-tíng-rá-bə̀ət)type of military aircraft
Turkish pike bombardıman uçağı
- pike bombardıman uçağıtype of military aircraft
Ukrainian пікіруючий бомбардувальник
- пікіруючий бомбардувальник (pikirujučyj bombarduvalʹnyk)type of military aircraft
Vietnamese máy bay ném bom bổ nhào
- máy bay ném bom bổ nhàotype of military aircraft
Cite this entry
APA
dive bomber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dive%20bomber
MLA
“dive bomber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dive%20bomber. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dive bomber,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dive%20bomber.
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