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carpet bombs

carpet bombs is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bombs

What is carpet bombs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Carpet bombs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of carpet bomb.

Words near carpet bombs in the dictionary

  1. carpet beetles
  2. carpet bomb
  3. carpet bombed
  4. carpet bombing
  5. carpet bombings
  6. carpet bombs
  7. carpet bowling
  8. carpet bowls
  9. carpet bugle
  10. carpet bugles
  11. carpet burn

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carpet bombs (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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