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carpet bombing, n.
Brit. |ˈkɑːpɪt ˌbɒmɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈkɑrpət ˌbɑmɪŋ|
[‹ carpet n. + bombing n. Compare carpet-bomb v.]
1. Mil. The dropping of a large concentration of bombs to cause extensive and widespread damage to an area. Cf. carpet-bomb v.
1944N.Y. Times 26 Jan. 6/1 Marshal Coningham evolved a system of ‘carpet bombing’ in which bomb bursts covered the German positions in advance of attacks by tanks and infantry. 1961Mosquito Squadron (1974) ii. 20 Mike found some factory sheds that had somehow escaped the merciless carpet bombing. 1968L. van der Post Portrait Japan i. 29 Carpet bombing by the United States Air Forces flattened the capital. 2002Times 26 July (T2 section) 4/3 There is mention of him being wounded and treated for shrapnel injuries during the carpet-bombing of the Tora Bora mountains in December.
2. fig. Relentless, indiscriminate, or intense pressure or assault; persistent (publicity) campaigning; inundation. Cf. blitz n. b.
1975Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 8 Dec. 4/7 Such verbal carpet-bombing welds an anti-American unit that is against our interests. 1977Washington Post (Nexis) 23 Apr. a1 We've been under carpet bombing by lobbyists of every stripe. 1999N.Y. Times 7 Nov. i. 33C/1 A large percentage of the unsolicited disks distributed through ‘carpet bombing’ reach individuals who do not have PCs..or who have no interest in browsing the Web. 2006Toronto Sun (Nexis) 15 Jan. c4 Controversial and even repugnant as the ads may be, the current carpet-bombing of negativity can also be brutally effective. |