- carpet-bomb
- `carpet-,bomb verb transitiveto drop a lot of bombs from airplanes all over an area in order to destroy everything on the ground
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carpet bomb — ˈcarpet bomb verb [transitive] MARKETING to send advertising material to as many people as possible, or to all the people in an area: • Members carpet bomb voters in the area with propaganda publicizing their accomplishments. * * * carpet bomb UK … Financial and business terms
carpet-bomb — [kär′pət bäm΄] vt. to drop many bombs on (an area) to prepare for advancing ground forces carpet bombing n. * * * car·pet bomb (kärʹpĭt bŏm ) tr. & intr.v. car·pet ·bombed, car·pet ·bomb·ing, car·pet ·bombs To bomb in a systematic and extensive… … Universalium
carpet-bomb — v [T] to drop a lot of bombs over a small area to destroy everything in it >carpet bombing n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
carpet-bomb — [kär′pət bäm΄] vt. to drop many bombs on (an area) to prepare for advancing ground forces carpet bombing n … English World dictionary
carpet-bomb — ► VERB ▪ bomb (an area) intensively … English terms dictionary
carpet-bomb — UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms carpet bomb : present tense I/you/we/they carpet bomb he/she/it carpet bombs present participle carpet bombing past tense carpet bombed past participle carpet bombed to drop a lot of bombs from planes all over … English dictionary
carpet bomb — verb bomb a large area systematically and extensively The U.S. decided to carpet bomb Vietnam • Derivationally related forms: ↑carpet bombing • Hypernyms: ↑bombard, ↑bomb • Verb Frames: Somebody s something … Useful english dictionary
carpet bomb — transitive verb Date: 1944 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 > … New Collegiate Dictionary
carpet bomb — verb To bomb an area in such a manner that the ordnance covers the entire area without gaps. The infantry were destroyed after the enemy carpet bombed the ground they were occupying … Wiktionary
carpet-bomb — verb bomb (an area) intensively. Derivatives carpet bombing noun … English new terms dictionary
