A positioning of discharged shots, bombs, etc., such that some fall short of and some beyond the target (see also quot. 1973), esp. used as a…
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > air operation > bombing raid > dropping of bombs > number or distribution of bombs (6) straddle1915 A positioning of discharged shots, bombs, etc., such that some fall short of and some beyond the target (see also quot. 1973), esp. used as a… stick1940 Military. A number of bombs (usually five or six) dropped from an aircraft in quick succession. salvo1942 Of bombs dropped from aircraft. blanket1944 A large number of bombs dropped to cover a wide area. carpet1944 figurative. A large number of bombs dropped to damage an area intensively, esp. to clear the way for advancing ground troops. Also attributive and… pattern1944 The distribution of bombs dropped from an aircraft. Also: the distribution of shrapnel, etc., from a bomb. Cf. pattern-bomb, v. |
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