carpet bombing
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Surovikin, dubbed "General Armageddon" for his use of carpet bombing tactics during Russia's intervention in Syria's civil war, briefly headed Russia’s campaign in Ukraine last year before being demoted in January.
From Reuters • Sep. 15, 2023
In the process of wiping out harmful bacteria, antibiotics can kill 90% to 99% of the beneficial microbes in your gut, Sonnenburg said: “It’s like carpet bombing this ecosystem.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2023
“The Fed went from bazookas that had mostly run out of ammo and skipped helicopters and went straight to the B-52s carpet bombing tons of cash on the financial markets and the economy,” Yardeni said.
From Washington Post • May 8, 2020
The atomic bombings were a continuation of civilian bombing, area bombing, carpet bombing, that every country did in World War II. It was universal.
From Slate • May 11, 2016
Heaven opened and the water hammered down, reviving the reluctant old well, greenmossing the pigless pigsty, carpet bombing still, tea-colored puddles the way memory bombs still, tea-colored minds.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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