noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An aircraft used to destroy dams by dropping bombs on them. colloquial
2. 2
   The pilot of this kind of aircraft. colloquial
3. 3
   The type of bomb dropped by this kind of aircraft. colloquial

   "dambuster bombs"

4. 4
   An aircraft or pilot involved in Operation Chastise in 1943. broadly

Etymology

From dam + buster.

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