blanket bombingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈblæŋ.kɪt ˌbɒm.ɪŋ/us/ˈblæŋ.kɪt ˌbɑː.mɪŋ/the act of dropping a lot of bombs over a large area such as a city, without aiming for any particular buildings
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Detonation & bombardment
- air raid
- airstrike
- blitz
- blitz
- blitzkrieg
- direct hit
- dive-bomb
- firebomb
- first strike
- go off
- let loose sth idiom
- let sth off
- mine
- shoot
- shoot sth down
- shooting
- strafe
- strike
- strike home idiom
- torpedo
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