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area bombing

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Bombing of a target which is in effect a general area rather than a small or pinpoint target.
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Noun1.area bombing - an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target
carpet bombing, saturation bombing
bombing, bombardment - an attack by dropping bombs


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It was not then known for a certainty that area bombing might not do the job, and those in command had the duty as well as the right to try any expedient.
Scorched Earth; Was the destruction of German cities justified? by Hitchens, Christopher / The Weekly Standard
This meant adoption of what the British chose to call area bombing and the Germans called terror bombing.
How the United States reversed its policy on bombing civilians by Ross, Sherwood / The Humanist
British area bombing in general was, by reason of its goal of breaking civilian morale, intentionally indiscriminate in its scope.
Dresden: the fire last time by Lawler, Justus George / Cross Currents
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