air raid

air raid
noun
an attack by armed planes on a surface target
Syn: ↑air attack
Hypernyms: ↑foray, ↑raid, ↑maraud

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noun
: an attack by armed aircraft (as bombers) on a surface target

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air-raid, adj.air raider.
a raid by aircraft, esp. for bombing a particular area.
[1910-15]

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air raid UK US noun [countable] [singular air raid plural air raids]
an air strike
Thesaurus: military or armed attackhyponym

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air raid,
an attack by enemy aircraft, especially by bombers.

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n. an attack in which bombs are dropped from aircraft onto a ground target

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noun, pl ⋯ raids [count]
: an attack in which a place is bombed by military airplanes

Much of the city was destroyed in an air raid.

an air-raid shelter

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ˈair raid [air raid air raids] noun
an attack by a number of aircraft dropping many bombs on a place

The family was killed in an air raid.

an

air-raid shelter/warning

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