direct hitnoun [ C ]
uk/daɪˌrekt ˈhɪt/us/daɪˌrekt ˈhɪt/an explosion or injury caused when a bomb or bullet hits an object accurately:
The house suffered a direct hit.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Detonation & bombardment
- air raid
- airstrike
- blanket bombing
- blitz
- blitz
- detonator
- dive-bomb
- firebomb
- first strike
- go off
- let loose sth idiom
- let sth off
- mine
- shoot
- shoot sth down
- shooting
- strafe
- strike
- strike home idiom
- torpedo
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