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precision bombing
noun
- aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped, as accurately as possible, on a specific, usually small, target.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of precision bombing1
First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences
They advocated precision bombing as a more morally defensible way to destroy an enemy’s fighting capability, rather than indiscriminate area bombing with its inevitable civilian death toll.
From Washington Post
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