torpedo bomber

noun

Synonyms of torpedo bombernext
: a military airplane designed to carry torpedoes

called also torpedo plane

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His plane of choice hasn't changed – the TBM Avenger, the Navy's main torpedo bomber during World War II, particularly in the Pacific theater. — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 15 May 2026 Franzke, who loved to jitterbug as a kid, served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945, flying Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers off the carrier USS Saginaw Bay in the Pacific. — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2020 Several hundred aircraft would assemble, including dive bombers, torpedo bombers and fighter planes, such as the P38 Lightnings, F4F Wildcats, F6F Hellcats, F4U Corsairs and P-40 Warhawks. — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023 The TriState Warbird Museum will bring in a P-51 Mustang, a fighter aircraft escort to the slower B-17 and B-25 bombers; and a Navy Grumman TBM-3 Avenger, a torpedo bomber, said David O’Maley, president of the museum. — Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 3 June 2021 See All Example Sentences for torpedo bomber

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of torpedo bomber was in 1930

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“Torpedo bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/torpedo%20bomber. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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