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carpet-bomb

carpet-bomb is the alternative spelling of carpet bomb.

Meaning of carpet bomb

Verb

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

  1. To bomb (an area) in such a manner that the ordnance covers the entire area without gaps.
    • The infantry were destroyed after the enemy carpet bombed the ground they were occupying.
    Synonyms:
    blanket-bomb

See all 3 meanings of carpet bomb

Forms of carpet-bomb

third-person singular presentcarpet-bombs
present participlecarpet-bombing
past participlecarpet-bombed
pastcarpet-bombed

Questions about carpet-bomb

What is carpet-bomb the alternative spelling of?
Carpet-bomb is the alternative spelling of carpet bomb.

Words near carpet-bomb in the dictionary

  1. carpet whips
  2. carpet-bag
  3. carpet-bags
  4. carpet-beater
  5. carpet-beaters
  6. carpet-bomb
  7. carpet-bombed
  8. carpet-bombing
  9. carpet-bombs
  10. carpet-monger
  11. carpet-mongers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carpet-bomb (page history and authors); carpet bomb (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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