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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Chennault first spent a few years putting together an air raid warning network and building airbases across China, according to the Flying Tigers’ official website.
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
With all 806 passengers on board and her dock ramp safely pulled away, the Scythia set sail, easing into the Atlantic under the light of the moon, a silhouette in the middle of an air raid.
—Doug Most
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Grygorova, 19, who lives in Kharkiv, a city near the Ukrainian-Russian border, said despite the constant rocket attacks, drones, air raids, and explosions, her thoughts are always with the people suffering through the continuous combat.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
German researchers recently announced the discovery of 31 shipwrecks, including a possible steamship that was destroyed in a World War II air raid.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
With all 806 passengers on board and her dock ramp safely pulled away, the Scythia set sail, easing into the Atlantic under the light of the moon, a silhouette in the middle of an air raid.
—Doug Most
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Grygorova, 19, who lives in Kharkiv, a city near the Ukrainian-Russian border, said despite the constant rocket attacks, drones, air raids, and explosions, her thoughts are always with the people suffering through the continuous combat.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
German researchers recently announced the discovery of 31 shipwrecks, including a possible steamship that was destroyed in a World War II air raid.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Air raid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20raid. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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