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bomb·er

(bŏm′ər)

1. A combat aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.

2. One who makes and sets off bombs.

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bomber

(ˈbɒmə)

1. (Military) a military aircraft designed to carry out bombing missions

2. a person who plants bombs

3. (Military) navy slang a Polaris submarine

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bomb•er

(ˈbɒm ər)

n.

1. an airplane equipped to carry and drop bombs.

2. a person who drops or sets bombs.

[1910–15]

bomber

See: intermediate-range bomber aircraft; long-range bomber aircraft; medium-range bomber aircraft.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Noun	1.	bomber - a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight aeroplane, airplane, plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" bomb rack - a device on an aircraft for carrying bombs cannon - heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane dive bomber - a bomber that releases its bombs during a steep dive toward the target stealth bomber - a bomber that is difficult to detect by radar military plane, warplane - an aircraft designed and used for combat armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	2.	bomber - a person who plants bombs individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	3.	bomber - a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, Cuban sandwich, grinder, submarine sandwich, zep, torpedo, wedge, submarine, hero sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them

Translations

قاذِفَةُ قَنابِلقاذِقُ قَنابِل

atentátníkbombardérten kdo bombarduje

bombeflybombemand

Bomber Bombenleger

βομβιστής βομβαρδιστικό

bombardero persona que pone bombas

pommittaja

bombardier poseur artilleur

bombázóbombamerénylõ

hryîjuverkamaîursprengjuflugvél

bombardiere

bombefly bombeattentatsmann

бомбардировщик

bombardér

bombnikbombaš

bomba atan kimsebombacıbombardıman uçağı

投弹手轰炸机

bomber

[ˈbɒməʳ]

A. N

1. (= aircraft) → bombardero m

2. (= person) → terrorista mf que coloca bombas

B. CPD bomber command N → jefatura f de bombardeo
bomber jacket N → chaqueta f or (Sp) cazadora f (tipo aviador)
bomber pilot N → piloto m de bombardero

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bomber

[ˈbɒmə^r] n

(= terrorist) → poseur m de bombes

(= plane) → bombardier mbomber jacket n → bomber mbomb explosion n → explosion fbomb hoax n → fausse alerte f à la bombe

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bomber

(= aircraft) → Bomber m, → Bombenflugzeug nt

(= person, Aviat) → Bombenschütze m; (= terrorist) → Bombenattentäter(in) m(f)

bomber

bomber command

n → Bombenverband m → or -geschwader nt

bomber jacket

n → Fliegerjacke f

bomber pilot

n → Bomberpilot m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bomber

[ˈbɒməʳ] n (aircraft) → bombardiere m; (terrorist) → dinamitardo/a, bombarolo/a

bomb

(bom) noun

a hollow case containing explosives etc. The enemy dropped a bomb on the factory and blew it up.

verb

1. to drop bombs on. London was bombed several times.

2. to fail miserably. The play bombed on the first night.

ˈbomber noun

1. an aeroplane built for bombing.

2. a person who bombs. Bombers have caused many deaths in Northern Ireland.

ˈbombshell noun

1. a piece of startling news. His resignation was a real bombshell.

2. (slang) a sexy woman.

References in periodicals archive ?

Instead, as will be seen, the name Wesel(s) Eijland was originally bestowed to a small island (Pulau Adi) situated just off the south-eastern coast of the Bomberai Peninsula on the south coast of today's West Papua Province.

THE CARTOGRAPHIC MIGRATION OF WESEL(S) EIJLAND

M irianjaya - MZB 4952 (holotype), 50.0 mm SL, Fruata, Bomberai Peninsula, approximately 2[degrees]59'S, 133[degrees] 32'E; MZB 4953, 50 specimens, 20.0-58.0 mm SL, collected with holotype; WAN1 P.29960-001, 53 specimens, 32.0-79.0 mm SL, near Bintuni, Birds Head Peninsula, approximately 2[degrees]05'S, 133[degrees] 30'E.

Three new species of Rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from the Birds Head Peninsula, West Papua Province, Indonesia

2 Mor Bomberai Peninsula moga Anceaux 1958 3 Oirata eastern Timor mu De Josselin de Jong 1937 4 Bunak central Timor mok Stokhof 1975 5 Tanglapui eastern Alor maka Stokhof 1975 6 Teiwa Pantar muxul Stokhof 1975 Austronesian a Teor-Kur eastern Maluku muk Wallace 1962 b Kola southern Maluku (Aru) muk Nivens pc.

Pre-Austronesian dispersal of banana cultivars West from New Guinea: linguistic relics from Eastern Indonesia

Three are gas-prone tracts in Papua: Bomberai, East Arguni and West Arguni with the latter also said to contain oil.

INDONESIA - Pagerungan - BP

In addition, on page 28 of his 53-page narrative and commentary, van Dijk refers to the island Adi of Wezelseiland ['Adi or Wezels Island'] off the coast of Bomberai Peninsula (in presentday West Papua), named by Pool and Pieterszoon.