dambuster

Noun

Meaning

(colloquial) An aircraft used to destroy dams by dropping bombs on them.

(colloquial) The pilot of this kind of aircraft.

(by extension) An aircraft and pilot involved in Operation Chastise (1943).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Related terms

blockbuster bunker buster dambusting

Examples

Johnny Johnson, 96 — the last surviving British Dambuster — was among ten RAF veterans who took part in a ceremony to break the ground where the sculpture will be installed at Brills Farm, on the border of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Dambrosio Dambulla damburst dambusting dame Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie