fly-bombed

adjective

Hit by flying bombs.

“Croydon was the most fly-bombed area of London, and the nightly (and daily) noise of these doodle-bugs became a menace which had to be endured. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/41/a2913941.shtml”

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Meanings

adjectivefly-bombed (comparative more fly-bombed, superlative most fly-bombed)

comparative more fly-bombed · superlative most fly-bombed

  1. Hit by flying bombs.

    Croydon was the most fly-bombed area of London, and the nightly (and daily) noise of these doodle-bugs became a menace which had to be endured. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/41/a2913941.shtml

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Chicago

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