carpet-bombed
Overwhelmed with explosives
Carpet-bombed describes having been subjected to carpet bombing—the military tactic of dropping bombs over an entire area rather than targeting specific sites.
The term extends to any overwhelming, indiscriminate saturation: We got carpet-bombed with emails after the announcement, The city was carpet-bombed with campaign ads.
State of complete permeation
- airstrikesMilitary attacks from aircraft
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
- blitzSwift, overwhelming offensive
- sortiesMilitary attack flights
B-52 · napalm · ordnance · devastation · flattened · raids · targets · Vietnam
saturation
State of complete permeation
- airstrikesMilitary attacks from aircraft
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
- blitzSwift, overwhelming offensive
sorties · B-52 · napalm · ordnance · devastation · flattened · raids · targets · Vietnam · Cambodia
inundated
Overwhelmed by quantity
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
- floodedCovered with water
blitzed · barraged · swamped · deluged · bombarded · overloaded · spammed · plastered · blanketed · pummeled
carpet-bombedsurgical strike
Targeted operation minimizing damage
precision strike · precision targeting · targeted · sniper fire · sniper attack
carpet-bombedspared
Refrained from harming
untouched · restrained · limited engagement · measured response · proportional response