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Meanings of saturation bombing in inglês

An extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target.

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        Examples for "carpet bombing"
        Examples for "carpet bombing"
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        They applied carpet bombing and an overwhelmingly better-equipped and better-trained conscript army.
        Reuters
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        It's the spray-and-pray approach, not so much sniping as carpet bombing.
        Wired
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        But, Harden says, the Americans came back with a vengeance with carpet bombing.
        Radio NZ
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        Massive carpet bombing of Dresden, of Coventry, of Hiroshima, of Bristol.
        The new yorker
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        But increasingly, Netflix's development process appears to be less precision strike and more carpet bombing.
        Wired
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        On the other hand, area bombing was a very serious mistake and a moral crime.
        The Guardian