bombing pattern
1Bombing of Hamburg in World War II — History of Hamburg This article is part of a series Hamburg culture   …
2bombing — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bombardment, shelling, air attack; see attack 1 . Methods of bombing include: air bombing, high altitude bombing, precision bombing, saturation bombing, carpet bombing, wave bombing, dive bombing, skip bombing, low level… …
3pattern bombing — A systematic covering of the target area by carpet bombing, uniformly distributed according to the plan. Pattern bombing is done by a formation of airplanes acting as a single unit. The lead aircraft of a formation does the sighting for the… …
4pattern bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped on a target in a predetermined pattern. Also called saturation bombing. Cf. area bombing, precision bombing. [1935 40] * * * …
5pattern — n. & v. n. 1 a repeated decorative design on wallpaper, cloth, a carpet, etc. 2 a regular or logical form, order, or arrangement of parts (behaviour pattern; the pattern of one s daily life). 3 a model or design, e.g. of a garment, from which… …
6pattern — patternable, adj. patterned, adj. patterner, n. patternless, adj. patternlike, adj. patterny, adj. /pat euhrn/; Brit. /pat n/, n. 1. a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc. 2. decoration or ornament having such a… …
7pattern bombing — noun : area bombing …
8area bombing — noun an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target • Syn: ↑carpet bombing, ↑saturation bombing • Derivationally related forms: ↑carpet bomb (for: ↑carpet bombing) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
9precision bombing — noun : the dropping of aerial bombs by means of a bombsight upon a narrowly defined target (as a ship or factory) especially so as not to straddle or overspread compare area bombing, pinpoint, saturate * * * aerial bombing in which bombs are… …
10precision bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped, as accurately as possible, on a specific, usually small, target. Also called pinpoint bombing. Cf. area bombing, pattern bombing. [1935 40] * * * …
