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carpet-bomb



car·pet-bomb [ ˈkär-pət-ˌbäm]



carpet-bomb   
verb
[ˈkär-pət-ˌbäm]
variants: or carpet bomb

Definition of carpet-bomb

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



First Known Use of carpet-bomb

1944, in the meaning defined at sense 1



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