carpet-bombingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈkɑː.pɪtˌbɒm.ɪŋ/us/ˈkɑːr.pɪtˌbɑː.mɪŋ/the act of dropping a lot of bombs all over a particular area so that it will be destroyed
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Detonation & bombardment
- air raid
- airstrike
- blanket bombing
- blitz
- blitz
- 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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