bomber
/ˈbɒmə
/noun
1An aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.These forces are a mixture of assets that includes fighters, bombers, and support aircraft....
- The most ambitious experiment used a large bomber with fighters carried above and below each wing and one under the fuselage on a trapeze.
- In all, the bombing mission cost the Eighth Air Force 37 heavy bombers and six fighter aircraft.
2A person who plants, detonates, or throws bombs, especially as a terrorist.A few hours later, a suicide bomber detonated a massive bomb, killing himself and at least three others....
- Last week saw 23 car bombs, six of which were driven by suicide bombers, detonated throughout the country.
- Even Liberty, the civil liberty pressure group, accepts a shoot-to-kill policy to protect the public is needed when a suicide bomber looks set to detonate a bomb.
3 informal A large cigarette containing cannabis: Manny hand rolled a couple of bombers...
- I was in my neighbourhood in East Van, smoking a big fat bomber, and I had to go to the corner store.
4A bomber jacket.Paired with anything from a blazer to a bomber, suddenly old outfits have a whole new summer life to look forward to....
- While the bomber was huge in the mid-'80s thanks to Top Gun, today's leather bombers are less rugged and more sophisticated.
