air raid
noun
: an attack by armed airplanes on a surface target
—usually hyphenated when used attributively
air-raid shelter
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Much of the city was destroyed in an air raid.
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Russian air raids targeting MiG-29s parked at Ukraine’s main air bases are rare enough to still be shocking, more than three years after Russia widened its war on Ukraine.
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David Axe, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Reports emerged Monday of a new Israeli air raid targeting the southern province of Daraa, though the IDF has neither confirmed nor denied the report.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
In the first three months of the war, the archive collected dreams featuring air raids, fireworks, Molotov cocktails, shells, guns, railway stations, debris, drones, soldiers, bunkers, planes, concrete blockades, loudspeakers, camouflage netting, alarm backpacks, Telegram and Signal networks.
—Mireille Juchau, The Dial, 4 Feb. 2025
All the excitement that Longo’s variation of an air raid offense brought quickly fizzled.
—Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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David Axe, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Reports emerged Monday of a new Israeli air raid targeting the southern province of Daraa, though the IDF has neither confirmed nor denied the report.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
In the first three months of the war, the archive collected dreams featuring air raids, fireworks, Molotov cocktails, shells, guns, railway stations, debris, drones, soldiers, bunkers, planes, concrete blockades, loudspeakers, camouflage netting, alarm backpacks, Telegram and Signal networks.
—Mireille Juchau, The Dial, 4 Feb. 2025
All the excitement that Longo’s variation of an air raid offense brought quickly fizzled.
—Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for air raid
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“Air raid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20raid. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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