flying bomb

American  

noun

1. robot bomb.

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flying bomb British  

noun

1. another name for the V-1

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Etymology

Origin of flying bomb

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Much of the centre of the German city of Dresden will be evacuated on Wednesday, after the discovery of a large unexploded British World War Two flying bomb.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Mannert L. Abele was the first warship hit by what was then a new Japanese weapon called an Ohka — essentially a flying bomb capable of reaching speeds of 600 miles per hour.

From New York Times • May 24, 2023

The Royal Garrison Church of St George, at Woolwich in south-east London, was mostly destroyed by a V2 flying bomb in 1944.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2015

It was 1944 and the flying bomb attacks on London terrified his mother.

From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2011

The whole story about V1, the German flying bomb, was told last week by the British Ministry of Aircraft Production.

From Time Magazine Archive