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carpet bombed

carpet bombed is the simple past and past participle 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

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Questions about carpet bombed

What is carpet bombed the simple past and past participle of?
Carpet bombed is the simple past and past participle of carpet bomb.

Words near carpet bombed in the dictionary

  1. carpet beaters
  2. carpet bedding
  3. carpet beetle
  4. carpet beetles
  5. carpet bomb
  6. carpet bombed
  7. carpet bombing
  8. carpet bombings
  9. carpet bombs
  10. carpet bowling
  11. carpet bowls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carpet bombed (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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