Usually means: Aircraft delivering explosives on target.
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  1. bombing run: Merriam-Webster
  2. bombing run: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bombing run: Collins English Dictionary
  4. bombing run: Vocabulary.com
  5. bombing run: Wiktionary
  6. bombing run: Dictionary.com
  7. bombing run: Rhymezone
  8. bombing run: FreeDictionary.org
  9. bombing run: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. bombing run: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bombing run: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (military) The route of a bomber as it approaches its target; a sortie of a bomber

Similar:
bomber, bombing, train bombing, mother bomb, air raiding, terrorbombing, bombardment, sally, aerobomb, parabombing, more...

Opposite:
strafing run, supply drop

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Similar:
bomber, bombing, train bombing, mother bomb, air raiding, terrorbombing, bombardment, sally, aerobomb, parabombing, more...

Opposite:
strafing run, supply drop



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