area bombing

noun

aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped over the general area of a target.

Origin of area bombing

¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Compare pattern bombing, precision bombing.

Words Nearby area bombing

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How to use area bombing in a sentence

The arrival in England of Ira Eaker — a member of the Bomber Mafia — to command the Eighth Army Air Force highlighted the divide between strategic and area bombing proponents.
Wrestling with the strategy — and morality — of the firebombing of Japan | Diana Preston | April 23, 2021 | Washington Post

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