air strike
noun
: an attack in which military airplanes drop bombs
The strategy calls for air strikes on key targets.
Examples of air strike in a Sentence
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Antennas are like flagsticks for enemy drones, and Boyko had already been the victim of an air strike in Tabaivka that nearly killed him.
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Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Early in the morning on February 12th, an air strike hit the building across the street from the family’s shelter.
—Claire Porter Robbins, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
Thirty-seven members of his extended family had been killed in an Israeli air strike on a Palestinian refugee camp.
—USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2024
Palestinians search for missing people under rubble following an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis, Gaza, Jan. 7.
—WSJ, 7 Jan. 2024
This year, Sandworm was revealed to have carried out a third blackout cyberattack against a Ukrainian electric utility, this time in the midst of a Russian air strike hitting the same city.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2023
This was especially true when recently, Hamas initiated a surprise air strike and ground-level attack on Israel, an act that resulted in at least 1,300 Israeli casualties.
—Michael Benedek, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
More than 160 people, including women and children, died in the air strike, with reports from CNN and the Guardian describing bodies burning on the ground and medical teams not immediately able to access the site due to planes flying overhead.
—WIRED, 17 Oct. 2023
His relatives have told him his brother survived the air strike, but was injured.
—NBC News, 19 Nov. 2023
Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Early in the morning on February 12th, an air strike hit the building across the street from the family’s shelter.
—Claire Porter Robbins, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
Thirty-seven members of his extended family had been killed in an Israeli air strike on a Palestinian refugee camp.
—USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2024
Palestinians search for missing people under rubble following an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis, Gaza, Jan. 7.
—WSJ, 7 Jan. 2024
This year, Sandworm was revealed to have carried out a third blackout cyberattack against a Ukrainian electric utility, this time in the midst of a Russian air strike hitting the same city.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2023
This was especially true when recently, Hamas initiated a surprise air strike and ground-level attack on Israel, an act that resulted in at least 1,300 Israeli casualties.
—Michael Benedek, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
More than 160 people, including women and children, died in the air strike, with reports from CNN and the Guardian describing bodies burning on the ground and medical teams not immediately able to access the site due to planes flying overhead.
—WIRED, 17 Oct. 2023
His relatives have told him his brother survived the air strike, but was injured.
—NBC News, 19 Nov. 2023
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“Air strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20strike. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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