carpet bomb

Definitions

1. 1

   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.
   • Russian bombers were carpet bombing the ridge directly above them, in a vain attempt to kill the Mujahideen fighters that plagued their operations on the ground.
   • Vietnamese Air Force continued to carpet bomb any base areas that we found to be lucrative targets at the time.
2. 2

   A bomb used in a carpet bombing.

   • This multiplicity of outlets work like carpet bombs that leave very little empty space for competition to be comfortable.
   • There was a whole new lexicon to learn: cluster bombs, fragmentation bombs, carpet bombs, napalm bombs, phosphorous bombs with their delicate spidery fingers stretching in all directions.
   • What he really means is that the psychics' powers under test functioned more like a carpet bomb than a precision missile.
3. 3

   A bombing of this kind.

   • This underground arena features switches that trigger lasers, and a carpet bomb of the entire lower and upper levels.
   • I watched in awe as the pans and glasses exploded halfway across the lawn, erupting from the tarp like a simulated war scenario where the plan of attack was a carpet bomb initiated from the sky.
   • They were probably afraid that we would bury them in another carpet bomb of expletives.

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