OVER-THE-SHOULDER BOMBING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does over-the-shoulder bombing mean? 

• OVER-THE-SHOULDER BOMBING (noun)
  The noun OVER-THE-SHOULDER BOMBING has 1 sense:

1. a special case of loft bombing in which the bomb is released past the vertical so it is tossed back to the target

  Familiarity information: OVER-THE-SHOULDER BOMBING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVER-THE-SHOULDER BOMBING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A special case of loft bombing in which the bomb is released past the vertical so it is tossed back to the target

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("over-the-shoulder bombing" is a kind of...):

loft bombing; toss bombing (a bombing run in which the bomber approaches the target at a low altitude and pulls up just before releasing the bomb)