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Definition of carpet-bomb verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

carpet-bomb

verb
 
/ˈkɑːpɪt bɒm/
 
/ˈkɑːrpɪt bɑːm/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they carpet-bomb
 
/ˈkɑːpɪt bɒm/
 
/ˈkɑːrpɪt bɑːm/
he / she / it carpet-bombs
 
/ˈkɑːpɪt bɒmz/
 
/ˈkɑːrpɪt bɑːmz/
past simple carpet-bombed
 
/ˈkɑːpɪt bɒmd/
 
/ˈkɑːrpɪt bɑːmd/
past participle carpet-bombed
 
/ˈkɑːpɪt bɒmd/
 
/ˈkɑːrpɪt bɑːmd/
-ing form carpet-bombing
 
/ˈkɑːpɪt bɒmɪŋ/
 
/ˈkɑːrpɪt bɑːmɪŋ/
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  1. carpet-bomb something to drop a large number of bombs onto every part of an area
  2. carpet-bomb somebody (business) to send an advertisement to a very large number of people, especially by email
    • They carpet-bombed the public with commercials for their product.
    Topics Phones, email and the internetc2
See carpet-bomb in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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