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carpet-bombing

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carpet-bombing [′kär·pət ‚bäm·iŋ]
(ordnance)
The laying down of bombs in a creeping pattern to cover the area as with a carpet.


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Geena Davis, as the first woman president, is doing some cultural carpet-bombing for the notion that a woman could hold the highest office in the land.
After carpet-bombing Afghanistan and coming up empty-handed, it was decided that Osama bin Laden didn't matter anymore.
I'D SUSPECTED SOMETHING LESS THAN 100% PERFORMANCE, BUT HERE THEY WERE, CARPET-BOMBING NORTHERN ALLIANCE CITIES.
 
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