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Meaning of Bomber | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈbɒmə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
  2. A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.
  3. Ellipsis of bomber jacket.
  4. A 22-ounce beer bottle.
    US, slang
  5. Ellipsis of graffiti bomber.
  6. A large cannabis cigarette.

Equivalents

Afrikaans bomwerper
Azərbaycanca bombardman bombardmançı
Català bombarder
Čeština bombardér
Dansk bombefly
Esperanto bombardero
हिन्दी बमवर्षक
Magyar bombázó
Հայերեն ռմբակոծիչ
Bahasa Indonesia pengebom pesawat pengebom
日本語 爆撃機
Қазақша бомбалаушы
한국어 폭격기
Македонски бомбардер бомбаш
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဗုံးကြဲလေယာဉ်
Nederlands bommenwerper
Português bombardeiro bombista
Română bombardier
Slovenščina bọ̑mbnik
Українська бомбардува́льник

Examples

“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.”
“B-2 bombers are the only plane capable of carrying the Massive Ordinance Penetrator, which experts have highlighted as the only type of bomb potentially capable of destroying Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear facility. Each B-2 bomber is able to carry two of these “bunker buster” bombs, which weigh an impressive 30,000 pounds each.”
“The nail bomber who killed three people and injured dozens of others in a terrifying campaign last spring told police he was a homophobic Nazi, and that he hoped the explosions would "set fire to the country and stir up a racial war", the Old Bailey heard yesterday.”
“A few years ago, the leather bomber was a gold mine for retailers and a gravy train for vendors. Consumers were crazy for them.”
“First singer and guitarist Marcus Mumford, wearing a black suit, then bassist Ted Dwane, in leather bomber and T-shirt.[…]”
“To bomb the system is to saturate MTA subway cars with one's signatures. ln the 1980s, certain writers were identified as bombers because they had mastered all disciplines of the form: insides, throw-ups, window-downs, top-to-bottoms, […]”
“In Canada, marihuana cigarettes rarely contain any tobacco, and may vary in size from a few hundred milligrams up to a several gram "bomber."”
“That night, I swallowed the last of my pain pills, smoked a bomber, and let the drugs carry me away.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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