dambuster
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]dambuster (plural dambusters)
- (colloquial) An aircraft used to destroy dams by dropping bombs on them.
- (colloquial) The pilot of this kind of aircraft.
- (colloquial) The type of bomb dropped by this kind of aircraft.
- Hyponym: bouncing bomb
- dambuster bombs
- (by extension) An aircraft or pilot involved in Operation Chastise in 1943.