as in attempt
an attack in which a place is bombed by military airplanes
Much of the city was destroyed in an air raid.
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Recent Examples of air raid
Blasts were heard in Kyiv and parts of the city were left without power early on Monday after Ukraine's air force put the whole country under air raid alerts following the launch of Russian missile attacks.
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Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
Friday night, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year, a Hezbollah drone struck a building in Herzliya, in central Israel, but air raid sirens had alerted people to seek shelter and there were no injuries.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2024
On Thursday, air raid sirens sounded in the Oryol region and in Sevastopol in Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine after invading in 2014.
—Lena Medvedeva, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2024
About five hours later, air raid sirens rang out again.
—Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
Friday night, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year, a Hezbollah drone struck a building in Herzliya, in central Israel, but air raid sirens had alerted people to seek shelter and there were no injuries.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2024
On Thursday, air raid sirens sounded in the Oryol region and in Sevastopol in Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine after invading in 2014.
—Lena Medvedeva, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2024
About five hours later, air raid sirens rang out again.
—Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for air raid
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In Texas’ playoff loss last year against the University of Washington, Ewers final pass attempt at the goal line that could have tied the game was low and knocked away.Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Jan. 2025
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Ignoring last season, due to the aforementioned injury issues, LaVine's 16.6 shot attempts per night this season ranks as the second-lowest output for him during his Bulls career.Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Days earlier, two American citizens and a Mexican national were shot dead in the state of Durango in an ambush that also left an American teenager critically injured.Annie Correal, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Many in Charlotte recall the April 29 fatal ambush of police officers that shocked the city, prompting a period of widespread mourning.Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2025
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Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.Jacky Wong, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
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Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.Reuters, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2023
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New York City and environs will be mostly spared the onslaught that is barreling east from the Midwest and set to hit the Mid-Atlantic states Sunday night, including Washington DC.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
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The deadly onslaught raised questions about future high-profile events in New Orleans, most notably the Super Bowl, which is set for Feb. 9 at the Superdome.Jesse Kirsch, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Trump could continue a charm offensive to try and get his way.Matt Galka, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
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Monday marked five months since Ukrainian units crossed into Kursk in a surprise summer 2024 offensive.David Brennan, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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The city is known worldwide as the site of a Russian massacre early in the 2022 invasion.Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
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The researchers had been galvanized by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in February, 2022.Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Air raid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20raid. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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