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carpet bomb

verb

Definition of CARPET BOMB

transitive verb
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>
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First Known Use of CARPET BOMB

1944

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