heavy bomber

collocation in English

meaningsofheavyandbomber

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heavy
adjective
uk
/ˈhev.i/us
/ˈhev.i/
weighing a lot, and needing effort to move ...
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bomber
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɒm.ər/us
/ˈbɑː.mɚ/
a person who ...
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(Definition ofheavyandbomberfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These are points of real concern, because we have not got aheavybomberof our own manufacture.
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Our reasons are that theheavybomberis now generally recognised as the modern type of heavy artillery.
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There were very good reasons for the delay in pressing forward in the last two years the design of theheavybomber.
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Lastly, medium andheavybomberfleets should be divided according to strategic requirements in the main theatres of war.
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I think that we have been justified in the policy we have followed, both as regards the light and theheavybomber.
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What are we doing about aheavybomberstriking force?
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It would be contrary to the present policy to publish figures for ourheavybomberreserves.
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In that programme there is no provision made for the manufacture of aheavybomber, which is about the most important thing to-day.
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That has nothing to do with theheavybomber.
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The price for aheavybomberwas between £25,000 and £30,000, but for a big liner of a similar capacity the cost would be only £24,000.
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It has no connection at all with theheavybomber.
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Ordinary contractual and technical procedure must be overridden in respect of theheavybomber.
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That was really aheavybomber.
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Why not let us hasten this day by giving them everyheavybomberthat is in use elsewhere with very little and with very much less important effect?
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For instance, theheavybomberstrike, the fighter defence of ground territory and heavy air transportation, can all only be done from strips of concrete on land.
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With the new bombers came a designation as aheavybomberunit.
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An airborne lifeboat was to be carried by aheavybomberspecially modified to handle the external load of the lifeboat.
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It was used by transport andheavybomberand fighter aircraft.
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These aircraft were previously used for trainingheavybomberreplacement personnel.
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The plan called for a bomber force of 98 medium, heavy and veryheavybombergroups, totaling 6,834 aircraft.
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