carpet-bomb

verb

car·​pet-bomb ˈkär-pət-ˌbäm 

variants or carpet bomb

carpet-bombed or carpet bombed; carpet-bombing or carpet bombing; carpet-bombs or carpet bombs

transitive verb

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

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined at sense 1