carpet bombs
Blankets with explosives
Carpet bombs means to drop bombs over a wide area indiscriminately, saturating a zone rather than targeting specific locations.
The strategy aims to destroy everything in a region.
Figuratively, carpet bomb describes any overwhelming, indiscriminate campaign: The company carpet bombed the market with ads.
Also carpet-bomb.
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- airstrikeAircraft-delivered military attack
- air raidAerial military attack
- military tacticsMethods of battlefield maneuvering
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
explosives · B-52 · shelling · collateral damage · civilian casualties · raids · napalm · munitions · rolling thunder · blanket coverage · ordnance · payloads · sorties · blitz · firebombing · annihilation · total war · fallout
carpet bombssurgical strikes
Targeted attacks minimizing collateral
precision strikes · precision bombing · smart bombs · guided munitions · sniper fire
carpet bombsceasefire
Agreed halt to fighting
peace negotiations · diplomatic resolution · armistice · de-escalation · humanitarian aid
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