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noun
aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped on a target in a predetermined pattern.
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Also called saturation bombing.
Compare area bombing, precision bombing.
Origin of pattern bombing
First recorded in 1935â40
Words nearby pattern bombing
pattée, patten, patter, pattern, pattern bargaining, pattern bombing, patterning, patternmaker, pattern practice, pattern recognition, Patterson
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