train bombing

English

Noun

train bombing (countable and uncountable, plural train bombings)

  1. (military) The dropping of a series of bombs one after another.
    • 1945, United States. Army Air Forces, Office of Flying Safety, Bombardiers' Information File:
      Set all other switches as you would for train bombing. […] When bombs are released they then drop in proper sequence.
    • 2005, William Wolf, Boeing B-29 Superfortress: The Ultimate Look, page 153:
      […] which allowed either automatic or manual control for individual, selective, or train bombing release of the bombs […]
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see train,‎ bombing.
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