carpet-bomb

A form of carpet bomb — To bomb (an area) in such a manner that the ordnance covers the entire area without gaps.

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Meanings

verbcarpet-bomb (third-person singular simple present carpet-bombs, present participle carpet-bombing, simple past and past participle carpet-bombed)

present singular third person carpet-bombs · participle present carpet-bombing · participle past carpet-bombed · past carpet-bombed

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of carpet bomb.

    There was nothing to do but fuck lazy sluts so I carpet-bombed the city with my dick.

    2012, Gavin McInnes, How to Piss in Public: From Teenage Rebellion to the Hangover of Adulthood, page 77
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    The 42nd Bombardment Wing would carpet-bomb defenses facing Seventh Army. XII Tactical Air Command, of which Brigadier General Glenn O. Barcus had recently become chief.

    1946, The Seventh United States Army in France and Germany, 1944-1945, United States Army, page 700

    Heavy bombers of the British Bomber Command carpet-bombed the positions of the 276. Infanterie-Division four times.

    2011, Wolfgang Schneider, Tigers in Normandy, page 167

    To win wars you need to carpet-bomb civilians. And to get away with carpet-bombing civilians.

    2012, Shehan Karunatilaka, The Legend of Pradeep Mathew: A Novel
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APA

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Chicago

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