air strike

noun

: an attack in which military airplanes drop bombs

The strategy calls for air strikes on key targets.

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Video from the western part of the city showed multiple casualties after an air strike Saturday. —

Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024 The air strike warning came as President Biden agreed to supply anti-personnel landmines to Ukraine after allowing the use of U.S. long-range missiles against Russia. —

Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024 In April, Iran attacked Israel with more than three hundred drones and missiles after an Israeli air strike killed two Revolutionary Guard generals at an Iranian diplomatic facility in Syria. —

Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024 Israel followed up the pager detonations with the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an air strike and launching incursions in south Lebanon. —

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