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
If anything, phonk radiates a pure anti-politics, a cursed air raid siren for the polycrisis.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Mar. 2025
All of western Ukraine -- and much of the rest of the country -- was placed under air raid alerts in the early hours of Tuesday.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, all of Ukraine was under air raid alerts early Tuesday after the country's air force warned of Russian missile attacks, which prompted scrambling of Polish aircraft and of other allies over Polish airspace.
—Richard Engel, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2025
Kyiv Under Fire In Kyiv, where the air raid alert lasted over nine hours, missile debris fell in one of the city's neighborhoods, officials said.
—Amir Daftari, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Mar. 2025
All of western Ukraine -- and much of the rest of the country -- was placed under air raid alerts in the early hours of Tuesday.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, all of Ukraine was under air raid alerts early Tuesday after the country's air force warned of Russian missile attacks, which prompted scrambling of Polish aircraft and of other allies over Polish airspace.
—Richard Engel, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2025
Kyiv Under Fire In Kyiv, where the air raid alert lasted over nine hours, missile debris fell in one of the city's neighborhoods, officials said.
—Amir Daftari, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for air raid
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The Wild finally gained possession, worked it up the wall and Ryan Hartman’s low-speed attempt at an exit was picked off by Dobson and his shot was tipped past Filip Gustavsson by Casey Cizikas 36 seconds after Zuccarello’s goal.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Black and brown Californians angered at attempts to erase history, legacy and achievement under pretense of eliminating diversity and equity initiatives.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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On hilltops along the Mediterranean coast, Syria’s new General Security forces faced ambushes and attacks.—
Dominique Soguel,
Christian Science Monitor,
28 Mar. 2025
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Survivors said the attacks in Pine village began in the early hours of Friday, March 7, a day after the initial ambush by Assadist loyalists was reported.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN,
17 Mar. 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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Trump’s onslaught of tariffs heralds a new industrial policy era in the U.S. where the government will intervene more in free markets, and companies will have less flexibility in their decision making.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Eight minutes of additional time permitted a late Brentford onslaught.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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Israel’s offensive has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants.—
Isaac Scharf and Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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Israel's offensive has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians, including hundreds killed in strikes since a ceasefire ended about two weeks ago, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which doesn't say whether those killed are civilians or combatants.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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False light is an invasion of privacy that portrays someone in an unfair light.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Hubbard was in Izyum when Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.—
Patrick Reevell,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Air raid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20raid. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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