Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of carpet bomb
nouncarpet bombing (countable and uncountable, plural carpet bombings)
plural carpet bombings
- countableuncountableLarge area bombardment done in a progressive manner to inflict damage in every part of a selected area of land.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target
Similar
area bombingsaturation bombing
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic قصف بساطي
- قصف بساطيa bombing of this kind
Catalan bombardeig en estora
- bombardeig en estoraa bombing of this kind
Chinese Mandarin 地毯式轟炸 /地毯式轰炸
- 地毯式轟炸 /地毯式轰炸 (dìtǎnshì hōngzhà)a bombing of this kind
Czech kobercové bombardování
- kobercové bombardovánía bombing of this kind
Danish tæppebombning
- tæppebombninga bombing of this kind
Dutch tapijtbombardement
- tapijtbombardementa bombing of this kind
Finnish mattopommitus
- mattopommitusa bombing of this kind
French tapis de bombes
- tapis de bombesa bombing of this kind
German Flächenbombardement, Flächenbombardierung
- Flächenbombardementa bombing of this kind
- Flächenbombardierunga bombing of this kind
Hebrew הפצצת שטיח
- הפצצת שטיחa bombing of this kind
Hungarian szőnyegbombázás
- szőnyegbombázása bombing of this kind
Indonesian pengeboman karpet
- pengeboman karpeta bombing of this kind
Italian bombardamento a tappeto
- bombardamento a tappetoa bombing of this kind
Japanese 絨毯爆撃
- 絨毯爆撃 (jūtanbakugeki)a bombing of this kind
Korean 융단폭격
- 융단폭격 (yungdanpokgyeok)a bombing of this kind
Latvian laukveida bombardēšana
- laukveida bombardēšanaa bombing of this kind
Persian بمباران اشباع
- بمباران اشباعa bombing of this kind
Polish nalot dywanowy
- nalot dywanowya bombing of this kind
Russian ковро́вая бомбардиро́вка
- ковро́вая бомбардиро́вка (kovróvaja bombardiróvka)a bombing of this kind
Slovak kobercové bombardovanie
- kobercové bombardovaniea bombing of this kind
Spanish bombardeo en alfombra
- bombardeo en alfombraa bombing of this kind
Swedish bombmatta
- bombmattaa bombing of this kind
Turkish halı bombardımanı
- halı bombardımanıa bombing of this kind
Ukrainian килимове бомбардування
- килимове бомбардування (kylymove bombarduvannja)a bombing of this kind
Vietnamese ném bom rải thảm
- ném bom rải thảma bombing of this kind
Cite this entry
APA
carpet bombing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carpet%20bombing
MLA
“carpet bombing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carpet%20bombing. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carpet bombing,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carpet%20bombing.
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