bounce the rubble

A form of bounce rubble — To bomb a target that has already been severely bombed, so that little further damage is possible.

Meanings

verbbounce the rubble (third-person singular simple present bounces the rubble, present participle bouncing the rubble, simple past and past participle bounced the rubble)

present singular third person bounces the rubble · participle present bouncing the rubble · participle past bounced the rubble · past bounced the rubble

  1. alternativeAlternative form of bounce rubble.
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