carpet-bomb

American  

[kahr-pit-bom] / ˈkɑr pɪtˌbɒm /

verb (used with object)

1. to systematically bomb (a large target area) so as to completely destroy it.

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Other Word Forms

• carpet bombing noun
• carpet-bombing noun

Etymology

Origin of carpet-bomb

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Some are using the tech to carpet-bomb the market with content.

From Los Angeles Times

Rather than carpet-bomb cancer with chemotherapy and radiation, oncologists are deploying the pharmaceutical equivalent of drones and precision missiles.

From The Wall Street Journal

By the end of any given year, each of the company’s 1,100 cosmetic scientists will have worked on the development of 80 to 100 cosmetic products, allowing Cosmax and its domestic peers to, as Kang puts it, “carpet-bomb the global market with novel products.”

From Los Angeles Times

She won the primary over Rep. David Trone, a sensationally wealthy liquor magnate who had invested 60 million smackers into his campaign to carpet-bomb Maryland airwaves for months on end.

From Slate

In 2013, the asset management firm BlackRock unleashed a lobbying blitz to carpet-bomb a new Treasury Department agency, pushing federal regulators away from tightening requirements on its massive business lines.

From Washington Post