Which is a euphemism for "killing women and children", right? In this age of high precision and tailored effects, actual targets of military importance can be located an surgically destroyed.
Mass killings are an atrocity, no matter how good our intentions.
No, it means destroying factories, power plants, bridges, railways, roadways, merchant shipping ... If you think these aren't "actual targets of military importance", think again. Where the hell do you think your food, fuel, weapons, equipment and ammunition come from? Where do you think the enemy's food, fuel, weapons, equipment and ammunition come from?