air strike
noun
: an attack in which military airplanes drop bombs
The strategy calls for air strikes on key targets.
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When the news breaks of faraway civilian casualties — an erroneous air strike on a school that relied on outdated intelligence, for example — the mind takes refuge in abstractions and statistics.
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
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
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
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
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“Air strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20strike. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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