English

Verb

carpet-bomb ‎(third-person singular simple present carpet-bombs, present participle carpet-bombing, simple past and past participle carpet-bombed)

1. Alternative spelling of carpet bomb
   • 1946, The Seventh United States Army in France and Germany, 1944-1945, United States Army, page 700:

     The 42nd Bombardment Wing would carpet-bomb defenses facing Seventh Army. XII Tactical Air Command, of which Brigadier General Glenn O. Barcus had recently become chief.

   • 2011, Wolfgang Schneider, Tigers in Normandy, page 167:

     Heavy bombers of the British Bomber Command carpet-bombed the positions of the 276. Infanterie-Division four times.

   • 2012, Shehan Karunatilaka, The Legend of Pradeep Mathew: A Novel:

     To win wars you need to carpet-bomb civilians. And to get away with carpet-bombing civilians.