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Noun: carpet bombing
  1. An extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target
    "The carpet bombing left the industrial zone in ruins";
    - area bombing, saturation bombing
Verb: carpet bomb
  1. Bomb a large area systematically and extensively
    "The U.S. decided to carpet bomb Vietnam"

Derived forms: carpet bombings

Type of: bomb, bombard, bombardment, bombing

Encyclopedia: Carpet bombing

Carpet bomb