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Definition of Saturation bombing
1. Noun. An extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target.
Generic synonyms: Bombardment, Bombing
Derivative terms: Carpet Bomb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saturation Bombing
Literary usage of Saturation bombing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Marshall Plan Summer: An Eyewitness Report on Europe and the Russians in by Thomas Andrew Bailey (1977)
"... I noted that this great cultural center had not suffered the saturation bombing
meted out to Munich, Berlin, and other German cities, although in places ..."
2. Evil Days: Thirty Years of War and Famine in Ethiopia by Alexander De Waal (1991)
"... the scorched earth and forced relocation policies of earlier years, together
with saturation bombing of areas of rebel strength. ..."
3. Afghanistan's Two-Party Communism: Parcham and Khalq by Anthony Arnold (1983)
"... terror has been employed deliberately by the invaders: saturation bombing and
artillery destruction of villages suspected of supporting the resistance, ..."
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