as in attempt
an attack in which a place is bombed by military airplanes
Much of the city was destroyed in an air raid.
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Recent Examples of air raid
Occasionally, air raid sirens would pierce through the morning air.
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
The others were either arrested, died of illness or perished in air raids.
—Kirsten Grieshaber, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2025
The attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 was a surprise air raid by Japan on the U.S. during World War II.
—Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 June 2025
Saturday’s massive air raid follows a drone attack Friday that killed four people and coincided with the final day of a large-scale prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 25 May 2025
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
The others were either arrested, died of illness or perished in air raids.
—Kirsten Grieshaber, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2025
The attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 was a surprise air raid by Japan on the U.S. during World War II.
—Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 June 2025
Saturday’s massive air raid follows a drone attack Friday that killed four people and coincided with the final day of a large-scale prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for air raid
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Abrego Garcia pleaded innocent June 13 to smuggling charges that his attorneys have characterized as an attempt to justify his mistaken expulsion to a notorious prison in El Salvador.—
BEN FINLEY,
Arkansas Online,
28 June 2025
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Brooks is featured throughout the 2024 documentary Remembering Gene Wilder and talks about his attempts to help Wilder following his Alzheimer's diagnosis.—
Alex Apatoff,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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She was frequently caught short by the playwright’s winking ambush.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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The new film continues the saga with a fresh high-stakes adventure, in which the fearsome Countess of Gral ambushes Captain Sabertooth’s ship, stealing a sacred figurehead and kidnapping young crewmate Pinky.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 June 2025
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Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.—
Jacky Wong,
WSJ,
6 Feb. 2023
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Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
31 Jan. 2023
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While Quansah gave away a penalty to make it 2-1, England defended Spain’s second half onslaught incredibly well both collectively and individually.—
Nnamdi Onyeagwara,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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Shops have been closed across Tehran, including in its famed Grand Bazaar, as people wait in gas lines and pack roads leading out of the city to escape the onslaught.—
Joseph Krauss,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2025
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But in Gaza, Israel’s offensive has shown no signs of abating, with Israeli fire killing hundreds of people there since the Iran-Israel conflict began.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
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Then over the weekend, the U.S. joined the Israeli offensive directly — bombing three Iranian nuclear facilities.—
Alex Leff,
NPR,
24 June 2025
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Following last week's invasion of the Carrie body snatchers storyline, an opening montage of Carrie click-clacking around her Gramercy Park townhouse in various designer heels resets the stage for a return to peak Carrie form.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
27 June 2025
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Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and NATO allies fear Moscow has more ambitions in the former Soviet sphere, especially the Baltic states.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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“Air raid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20raid. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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