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Meaning of glip | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
/ɡlɪp/

Definitions

To bomb a bridge, particularly with a technique developed by the 490th Missile Squadron during World War II.

transitive

Examples

“Received a DUC for developing and using a special (glip) bombing technique against enemy bridges in French Indochina.”
“To successfully 'glip' a bridge, a deliberate passage through the concentration of small arms, machine gun and automatic weapons fire, and often blossoming, white puffs of time-fused mortar shells, was essential.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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