bombing bombardment | an attack by dropping bombs |
bombing run | that part of the flight that begins with the approach to the target, includes target acquisition and ends with the release of the bombs |
carpet bombing area bombing saturation bombing | an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target |
dive-bombing | a bombing run in which the bomber releases the bomb while flying straight toward the target |
loft bombing toss bombing | a bombing run in which the bomber approaches the target at a low altitude and pulls up just before releasing the bomb |
over-the-shoulder bombing | a special case of loft bombing in which the bomb is released past the vertical so it is tossed back to the target |
bombing | the use of bombs for sabotage, a tactic frequently used by terrorists |
suicide bombing | a terrorist bombing carried out by someone who does not hope to survive it |
carpet shark Orectolobus barbatus | shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin |
carpet snake Python variegatus Morelia spilotes variegatus | Australian python with a variegated pattern on its back |
carpet beetle carpet bug | small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics |
buffalo carpet beetle Anthrenus scrophulariae | a small black and red and white carpet beetle |
black carpet beetle | a carpet beetle that is solid black in color |
carpet moth tapestry moth Trichophaga tapetzella | larvae feed on carpets and other woolens |
Brussels carpet | a carpet with a strong linen warp and a heavy pile of colored woolen yarns drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern |
carpet beater rug beater | implement for beating dust out of carpets |
carpet loom | a loom for weaving carpeting |
carpet pad rug pad underlay underlayment | a pad placed under a carpet |
carpet sweeper sweeper | a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet |
carpet tack | used to nail down carpets |
flying carpet | (Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go |
red carpet | a strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk on |
rug carpet carpeting | floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) |
slipper carpet slipper | low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily, usually worn indoors |
Wilton Wilton carpet | a carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile |
carpet | a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet, a carpet of flowers, the larvae of some moths spin a web that resembles a carpet |
carpet knight | a knight who spends his time in luxury and idleness (knighted on the carpet at court rather than on the field of battle) |
smut grass blackseed carpet grass Sporobolus poiretii | grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus |
Manila grass Japanese carpet grass Zoysia matrella | lawn grass common in the Philippines, grown also in United States |
water carpet water mat Chrysosplenium americanum | aquatic herb with yellowish flowers, central and western United States |
call on the carpet take to task rebuke rag trounce reproof lecture reprimand jaw dress down call down scold chide berate bawl out remonstrate chew out chew up have words lambaste lambast dcc | censure severely or angrily, The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car, The deputy ragged the Prime Minister, The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup |
carpet bomb | bomb a large area systematically and extensively, The U.S. decided to carpet bomb Vietnam |
carpet | cover with a carpet, carpet the floors of the house |
carpet | cover completely, as if with a carpet, flowers carpeted the meadows |
carpet | form a carpet-like cover (over) |
red carpet(a) red-carpet(a) | special treatment or hospitality, the maitre d' gave them the red-carpet treatment |