carpet bombing
Example Sentences
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"This is not war anymore. This is not army against army. It is carpet bombing. It is Russia against humanity."
From BBC
The cause helped sell the war to Americans who cringed at the sight of a B-52 carpet bombing insurgent positions.
From New York Times
“The area was the target of carpet bombing by the U.S. Air Force from May 1970 to August 1973,” they explained, noting the AI was used to search the image for evidence of bomb craters.
From Fox News
His account posted more than 50 times within 24 hours, including during what liberal documentarian Michael Moore described Saturday as “another mad fit of late-night Twitter carpet bombing.”
From Washington Times
A video released by the military showed massive explosions creating mushroom clouds billowing from the island that appeared to have been subjected to carpet bombing.
From Seattle Times
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