air strike
noun
: an attack in which military airplanes drop bombs
The strategy calls for air strikes on key targets.
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Alaa herself lost a brother in an Israeli air strike.
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Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
The air strike could mark a breakthrough in efforts to dismantle criminal networks in northwest Nigeria, where armed gangs have terrorised rural communities for years.
—Camillus Eboh, Reuters, 24 Aug. 2025
Contrary to all efforts to end the war, Russia undertook a massive combined air strike on Ukraine overnight.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2025
Al-Areer was killed by an Israeli air strike in 2023.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
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Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
The air strike could mark a breakthrough in efforts to dismantle criminal networks in northwest Nigeria, where armed gangs have terrorised rural communities for years.
—Camillus Eboh, Reuters, 24 Aug. 2025
Contrary to all efforts to end the war, Russia undertook a massive combined air strike on Ukraine overnight.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2025
Al-Areer was killed by an Israeli air strike in 2023.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
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“Air strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20strike. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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