carpet bomb
Strafe an area
Carpet bomb means to drop many bombs across a wide area rather than targeting specific points, saturating a zone with explosives.
The strategy aims to destroy everything in a region regardless of military or civilian status.
Figuratively, carpet bombing describes any overwhelming, indiscriminate approach: The company carpet-bombed the market with ads.
Also carpet-bomb.
saturate
Soak to full capacity
deluge · overwhelm · blitz · barrage · spam · swamp · pervasive · ubiquitous · coverage · mass email
airstrike
Aircraft-delivered military attack
munitions · squadron · mission · targeting · raid · barrage · blitz · strafing · interdiction · flak
- Explosivesdynamite, grenade, TNT, C-4, land mine
- Military Strikesairstrike, air strike, drone strike, missile strike, surgical strike
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- Missilesmissile, ICBM, cruise missile, ballistic missile, guided missile
carpet bombprecision strike
Targeted military attack
surgical strike · smart bomb · precision bombing · sniper attack · sniper fire
carpet bombproportional response
Reaction matching the offense
warning shot · measured response · de-escalation · token strike
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