carpet bombing

• Tática militar que consiste em bombardear indiscriminadamente uma grande área com muitas bombas para destruir tudo o que nela se encontra. No uso moderno, pode também designar metaforicamente a inundação ou supressão de algo com grande quantidade de elementos, como publicidade ou informação.

A military tactic involving the indiscriminate bombing of a large area with many bombs to destroy everything within it. In modern usage, it can also refer metaphorically to overwhelming something with a large quantity of something, such as advertisements or information.

1. Military tacticC1formal

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

   Bombardeio de saturação

   • The city was devastated by carpet bombing during the war.
   • Carpet bombing was used to destroy enemy infrastructure.
   • Historians debate the effectiveness of carpet bombing in World War II.

2. Aggressive marketingC1informal

   A marketing strategy where a company saturates a market with advertisements or products to dominate it.

   Marketing agressivo

   • The company used carpet bombing advertising to launch their new product.
   • Their carpet bombing approach saturated every social media platform.
   • Carpet bombing in marketing can be effective but expensive.