carpet bombings
Indiscriminate aerial devastation
Carpet bombings are instances of carpet bombing—the military tactic of dropping bombs across a wide area rather than targeting specific sites.
The goal is saturation: destroy everything in a zone rather than pinpoint particular structures.
The carpet bombings of Dresden and Tokyo killed tens of thousands of civilians.
Figuratively, any overwhelming, indiscriminate campaign: The carpet bombings of attack ads saturated the airwaves.
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
- destructiveCausing severe harm
- explosivesDetonating substances
- heavy ordnanceLarge military weapons
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
air raids · collateral damage · saturations · bombardments · rolling thunder · shock and awe · napalm · civilian casualties · Vietnam War · World War II · Dresden · ordnances · clobberings · airstrikes · Gulf War · theater of war · guided missiles · Geneva Conventions
carpet bombingsprecision strikes
Targeted attacks minimizing collateral
surgical strikes · drone strikes · decapitation strikes · sniper fire
carpet bombingspeace negotiations
Diplomatic talks ending conflict
diplomatic solutions · ceasefire · de-escalation · disarmament · armistice
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