air strike
noun
: an attack in which military airplanes drop bombs
The strategy calls for air strikes on key targets.
Examples of air strike in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
As some news outlets reported, the suspect in the Michigan attack, a Lebanese American named Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, had recently attended a memorial for four members of his family who were killed by an Israeli air strike in eastern Lebanon.
—
Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
In one air strike on a Kabul drug rehabilitation centre last week, 400 people were killed, according to Afghan officials.
—Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 24 Mar. 2026
Shortly after, his organization announced he had been killed in an air strike.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
According to Iskandar Barakeh, the mayor of Mashghara, two of Ghazali's brothers, and a niece and a nephew, died in an Israeli air strike earlier this month.
—Odette Yousef, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for air strike
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
In one air strike on a Kabul drug rehabilitation centre last week, 400 people were killed, according to Afghan officials.
—Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 24 Mar. 2026
Shortly after, his organization announced he had been killed in an air strike.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
According to Iskandar Barakeh, the mayor of Mashghara, two of Ghazali's brothers, and a niece and a nephew, died in an Israeli air strike earlier this month.
—Odette Yousef, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for air strike
Cite this Entry
“Air strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20strike. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
