air raid
noun
: an attack by armed airplanes on a surface target
—usually hyphenated when used attributively
air-raid shelter
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Much of the city was destroyed in an air raid.
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Days after the deal between the U.S. and the Houthis — and despite a two-day Israeli assault on Houthi targets — a missile from Yemen again set off air raid sirens in Israel.
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Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
What to know The Astra channel said that Tokarev, head of the military medical commission of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Sevastopol, got frightened during an air raid alarm overnight on May 1 sparked by a Ukrainian drone barrage.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
And for the first time in nearly six years, it was done without fear of inviting an air raid warden’s citation or German bombs.
—Si Liberman, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025
The luxury lodging has an underground bunker, built in 1965, which once sheltered celebs including Joan Baez and Jane Fonda from US air raids.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
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Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
What to know The Astra channel said that Tokarev, head of the military medical commission of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Sevastopol, got frightened during an air raid alarm overnight on May 1 sparked by a Ukrainian drone barrage.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
And for the first time in nearly six years, it was done without fear of inviting an air raid warden’s citation or German bombs.
—Si Liberman, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025
The luxury lodging has an underground bunker, built in 1965, which once sheltered celebs including Joan Baez and Jane Fonda from US air raids.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for air raid
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“Air raid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20raid. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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