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/ |
- carpet-bomb something to drop a large number of bombs onto every part of an area
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- 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.
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