coventrate
English
editEtymology
editFrom Coventry + -ate, following German coventrieren. Coventry, England, was devastated by German firebombing in November 1940, during World War II.
Verb
editcoventrate (third-person singular simple present coventrates, present participle coventrating, simple past and past participle coventrated)
- (transitive) To devastate by heavy bombing.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editdevastate by heavy bombing
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References
edit- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “coventrate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.