Usually means: Indiscriminate bombing over wide area.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. carpet-bomb: Merriam-Webster
  2. carpet-bomb: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. carpet-bomb: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. carpet-bomb: Wordnik
  5. carpet-bomb: Wiktionary
  6. carpet-bomb: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. carpet-bomb: Dictionary.com
  8. carpet-bomb: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. carpet-bomb: Encyclopedia

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  1. carpet-bomb: Urban Dictionary

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▸ verb:  Alternative spelling of carpet bomb [To bomb an area in such a manner that the ordnance covers the entire area without gaps.]

Similar:
terror bomb, terror-bomb, mailbomb, dive-bomb, tear-gas, blackbag, Zoom bomb, ram-raid, ram raid, Zoom-bomb, more...

Opposite:
precision bombing, targeted bombing, surgical strike

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Similar:
terror bomb, terror-bomb, mailbomb, dive-bomb, tear-gas, blackbag, Zoom bomb, ram-raid, ram raid, Zoom-bomb, more...

Opposite:
precision bombing, targeted bombing, surgical strike



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