carpet bomb

• Ursprünglich ein militärischer Begriff für die Taktik, eine große Fläche mit zahlreichen Bomben vollständig zu zerstören. Im modernen Sprachgebrauch auch die Überflutung von jemandem mit einer übermäßigen Menge an Informationen, Nachrichten oder Anfragen.

Originally a military term referring to the tactic of dropping a large number of bombs over a wide area to destroy everything. In modern usage, it can also refer to overwhelming someone with excessive information, messages, or requests.

1. Military tacticC1formal

   A bombing technique where a large number of bombs are dropped over a wide area to destroy everything.

   Flächenbombardement

   • The city was destroyed by carpet bombing during the war.
   • Carpet bombing was used to target enemy infrastructure.
   • Historians debate the effectiveness of carpet bombing campaigns.

2. Overwhelming quantityC1informal

   To apply or deliver something in large quantities, often excessively.

   Überschütten

   • The company carpet bombed the market with advertisements.
   • He carpet bombed his inbox with emails about the project.
   • The politician carpet bombed the audience with statistics.