carpet bomb

• À l'origine un terme militaire désignant la tactique consistant à larguer un grand nombre de bombes sur une vaste zone pour la détruire complètement. Dans l'usage moderne, peut aussi signifier submerger quelqu'un d'une quantité excessive d'informations, de messages ou de demandes.

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.

   bombardement de saturation

   • 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.

   bombardement intensif

   • 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.