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# bombardier

«bombardier» in Mova's school dictionary: **the member of a bomber aircraft's crew who aims and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a bombardier, bombardiers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A bombardier is the member of a bomber aircraft's crew who aims and releases the bombs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bombardier/#m1)

2) (UK, army) A bombardier is a rank in the British Royal Artillery, like a corporal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bombardier/#m2)

3) A bombardier beetle is a beetle that sprays a hot, stinging chemical from its back end to defend itself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bombardier/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons on the Second World War, bomber crews had a pilot, navigator, gunners and a bombardier. In science lessons, the bombardier beetle is an amazing example of defence: two chemicals mix inside it and burst out boiling hot with a pop. Phrases: «bombardier beetle», «the bombardier aimed».

### examples

- The bombardier aimed at the bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bombardier/#x1)
- The bomber crew included a pilot, a navigator and a bombardier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bombardier/#x2)
- A bombardier beetle sprays hot liquid at ants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bombardier/#x3)
- My great-grandad was a bombardier in the Royal Artillery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bombardier/#x4)
- The bombardier beetle makes a little popping sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bombardier/#x5)
- Bombardiers trained for many months. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bombardier/#x6)

### note

Say it "bom-ba-DEER". Plural «bombardiers». Related: «bomb», «bombard» (to attack with many bombs or with questions). In the US Air Force, the word was a crew job, not a rank.

### In the corpora

- [The bombardier beetle mixes two chemicals in its body to make a spray of about 100 degrees that it shoots from its tail end.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers/11/)
- [No real animal breathes fire; the bombardier beetle sprays a nearly boiling chemical mix from a tough chamber at attackers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bombardier» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bombardier/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.