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carpet-bomb
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car·pet-bomb (kärpt-bm)
tr. & intr.v. car·pet-bombed, car·pet-bomb·ing, car·pet-bombs
To bomb in a systematic and extensive pattern, so as to devastate a large target area uniformly.

carpet-bombing n.
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carpet-bomb [ˈkɑːpɪtˌbɒm] VTarrasar con bombas


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Geena Davis, as the first woman president, is doing some cultural carpet-bombing for the notion that a woman could hold the highest office in the land.
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