carpet bomb

• Originalmente um termo militar que designa a tática de lançar grande quantidade de bombas sobre uma área extensa para destruí-la completamente. No uso atual, também pode significar sobrecarregar alguém com excesso de informação, mensagens ou pedidos.

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.

   Bombardeio em tapete

   • 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.

   Sobrecarregar

   • 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.