Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun carpet_bombing

1 sense of carpet bombing

Sense 1
carpet bombing, area bombing, saturation bombing -- (an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target)
       => bombing, bombardment -- (an attack by dropping bombs)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb carpet_bomb

1 sense of carpet bomb

Sense 1
carpet bomb -- (bomb a large area systematically and extensively; "The U.S. decided to carpet bomb Vietnam")
       => bombard, bomb -- (throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden")