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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
Starting in the spring, Russia ramped up the intensity of its air raids against Ukraine, which reached a monthly record in July of 6,443 missiles and drones.
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Simon Shuster, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
On the day of the second atomic flash, confusing radio chatter about air raid planes would precede, only by a matter of minutes, the sudden loss of power within the maze.
—Charles Pellegrino, Deadline, 31 July 2025
Mumme contributed heavily to the development of the air raid offense as head coach at Iowa Wesleyan from 1989 to 1991.
—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 20 June 2025
The sound of the air raid sirens splits the air.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 May 2025
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Simon Shuster, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
On the day of the second atomic flash, confusing radio chatter about air raid planes would precede, only by a matter of minutes, the sudden loss of power within the maze.
—Charles Pellegrino, Deadline, 31 July 2025
Mumme contributed heavily to the development of the air raid offense as head coach at Iowa Wesleyan from 1989 to 1991.
—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 20 June 2025
The sound of the air raid sirens splits the air.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for air raid
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After the FanDuel announcement, the court found that SEPTA's attempt to implement planned service cuts during Thursday's Eagles game was a violation of the August 29 court order, a claim that SEPTA disputes.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Watch his sumo wrestling attempt in the video at the top of the story.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Like some of the ambush drones recently seen in Ukraine, Viper can have small solar cells, powering its sensors and communications for an indefinite period, as well as slowly recharging the battery.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The mission has also lost two members of its force in gang ambushes; while one has been confirmed dead the other is still been regarded as missing even though local media has reported him as dead.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
1 Sep. 2025
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Investigators later confirmed his DNA matched evidence from that case and others, including attacks in Okemos, Michigan, in 1994; Birmingham, Michigan, in 1995; and Columbus, Ohio, in 1997, as well as two assaults in Ventura in the early 1980s.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Though Smith was charged with four counts of assault for scaring and endangering the villagers, troopers did not say he was involved in his mother’s death.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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For more than three years, Ukrainian soldiers, conscripts and ordinary civilians have given their lives to defend their country’s borders, and Vasyanovych is speaking to Variety just days before the latest onslaught of Russian missiles on Kyiv.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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The component responsible for this, the divertor, must withstand this incredible onslaught, making its design a critical engineering challenge for the viability of fusion power.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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Tens of thousands of reservists began to report for duty on Tuesday for a new Israeli offensive to seize Gaza City, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to accelerate despite warnings from senior ranks.—
Emily Rose,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Syria’s military lacked the will to defend its cities, and Damascus fell just 10 days after the offensive began.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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This time producer Brad Ingelsby tapped Mark Ruffalo as a depressed and traumatized FBI agent leading a task force investigating a series of home invasions targeting drug dens in the area.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Kim, Xi and Putin gathered for the military parade amid Ukrainian and Western concerns over the collaboration of the three nations in bolstering Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, ongoing since February 2022.—
Leah Sarnoff,
ABC News,
3 Sep. 2025
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Social media backlash and review-bombing are increasingly leading to books being delayed, revised, or canceled before release.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
2 Sep. 2025
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As of this writing, Israel has not finished doing so—and Hamas’s mere survival, after nearly two years of bombing and siege, is for the group’s stalwarts a victory in itself.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Air raid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20raid. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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