dambuster
nounEtymology From dam + buster.
1
Colloquial An aircraft used to destroy dams by dropping bombs on them.
2
Colloquial The pilot of this kind of aircraft.
3
Colloquial The type of bomb dropped by this kind of aircraft.
- dambuster bombs
4
Broadly An aircraft or pilot involved in Operation Chastise in 1943.
- Related terms
- blockbuster, bunker buster, dambusting