air strike
noun
: an attack in which military airplanes drop bombs
The strategy calls for air strikes on key targets.
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A week before Pope Leo was due to land in Beirut, an Israeli air strike on the capital killed 57-year-old Haytham Ali Tabatabai, a senior Hezbollah military commander.
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Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 30 Nov. 2025
Israel kills Hezbollah leader in Beirut strike An Israeli air strike killed a senior Hezbollah leader in Beirut, further weakening an already uneasy truce.
—semafor.com, 27 Nov. 2025
Khaled’s greatest fear was that his wife and children, one of whom had been waiting for a surgery, would be killed in an air strike.
—Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
One of my childhood friends, Shaima, was killed in an Israeli air strike along with her three children.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
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Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 30 Nov. 2025
Israel kills Hezbollah leader in Beirut strike An Israeli air strike killed a senior Hezbollah leader in Beirut, further weakening an already uneasy truce.
—semafor.com, 27 Nov. 2025
Khaled’s greatest fear was that his wife and children, one of whom had been waiting for a surgery, would be killed in an air strike.
—Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
One of my childhood friends, Shaima, was killed in an Israeli air strike along with her three children.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Air strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20strike. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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