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SATURATION BOMBING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does saturation bombing mean?
• SATURATION BOMBING (noun)
The noun SATURATION BOMBING has 1 sense:
1. an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target
Familiarity information: SATURATION BOMBING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
area bombing; carpet bombing; saturation bombing
Hypernyms ("saturation bombing" is a kind of...):
bombardment; bombing (an attack by dropping bombs)
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