verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To bomb (a place) into rubble. dated, transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

coventrate

Etymology

Coventry + -ize, in reference to Nazi Germany's bombing of the city of Coventry in England.

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