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car·pet-bomb

(kär′pĭt-bŏm′)
tr. & intr.v. car·pet-bombed, car·pet-bomb·ing, car·pet-bombs
To bomb in a systematic and extensive pattern, so as to devastate a large target area uniformly.

car′pet-bomb′ing n.
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Translations

carpet-bomb

[ˈkɑːpɪtˌbɒm] VTarrasar con bombas
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4 Philip Hammond warning Putin he had better stop carpet-bombing Syria.
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Mightn't we better do unto ourselves, first, what we intend to do (or have done) unto others, perhaps starting by carpet-bombing our military installations in Arizona, South Carolina, and suburban D.C., so that their residents might fully enjoy that which their elected congressmen advocate?
I suddenly felt as if my social class was under attack, that any minute the Government would start bulldozing Hebden Bridge, carpet-bombing Saltaire and rounding up anyone who has ever spent a weekend on a drystone walling course.
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