carpet bomb
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carpet bomb

transitive verb

Definition of CARPET BOMB

1
: to drop large numbers of bombs so as to cause uniform devastation over (a given area)
2
: to bombard repeatedly, widely, or excessively <carpet bomb the country with advertising>

First Known Use of CARPET BOMB

1944

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