pattern bombing

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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 1935–40

Words nearby pattern bombing

pattée, patten, patter, pattern, pattern bargaining, pattern bombing, patterning, patternmaker, pattern practice, pattern recognition, Patterson

How to use pattern bombing in a sentence

And in so many of these events, the pattern of “blame the victim” was quickly in evidence.
In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When Yoo and Lee were arrested for the bombing and the snakes, Korean film employees staged protests demanding their release.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the weeks following the Sept. 9, car bombing at the Iranian base, Iran raided a village in the Pakistani district of Chagai.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As a major source for steel during World War II, Sheffield was a frequent target of bombing raids.
The Greatest Rock Voice of All Time Belonged to Joe Cocker|Ted Gioia|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I would have told them, ‘Do not get into a pattern in which you’re intimidated by these kinds of criminal attacks.
Should the U.S. Really Pay a Kim’s Ransom?|Kevin Bleyer|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The noise of the hammer is always in his ears, and his eye is upon the pattern of the vessel he maketh.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Her eye fastened on a circular portion of the wall-paper pattern, and she felt that the whole room was revolving about her.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
Antonius and Hieronymus conjointly built a number of large pattern violins, which are of high finish and beautiful wood.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
It is a matter of regret that some one pattern has not been agreed on by all the builders concerned.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
Another of the same set in the same hands is a splendid Stradiuarius of the large pattern with a magnificent tone.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce