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Origin of pinpoint bombing

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby pinpoint bombing

Pinot Noir, Pinoy, PIN pad, pin plate, pinpoint, pinpoint bombing, pinprick, pin rail, PINS, pins and needles, pinscher

How to use pinpoint bombing in a sentence

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
These are the kids of the U.S.-backed Pakistani army and they should stop their parents from bombing our families and children.
Taliban: We Slaughtered 100+ Kids Because Their Parents Helped America|Sami Yousafzai|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

More probable are smaller attacks like the Boston marathon bombing.
Why’s Al Qaeda So Strong? Washington Has (Literally) No idea|Bruce Riedel|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sometimes the Time Observatory would pinpoint an age and hover over it while his companions took painstaking historical notes.
The Man from Time|Frank Belknap Long
They'd never find him because Time was too vast to pinpoint one man in such a vast waste of years.
The Man from Time|Frank Belknap Long
There could be but little time left us before that bombing struck dead center and brought the whole palace down.
Valley of the Croen|Lee Tarbell
The Boche were at it hard now, and they were bombing all round every night.
An Onlooker in France 1917-1919|William Orpen
Driving back to Cassel we had a fine sight of bombing and searchlights.
An Onlooker in France 1917-1919|William Orpen