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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 raids
Midnight curfews, daily air raids and wounded veterans on the runway put the reality of war front and centre.
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Finbarr Toesland, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 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
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.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Finbarr Toesland, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 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
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.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for air raids
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Nix, through three quarters, had completed only one of his eight pass attempts of 10 or more air yards, according to TruMedia.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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New data reported to the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom shows that the majority of book censorship attempts are now originating from organized movements.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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In basic multiplayer fashion, there are bottlenecked spaces for ambushes, and everything loops together just fine for flanking.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
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Aside from games like volleyball and dominoes, Gach says some children stage fake ambushes on one another while pretending to be government forces or rebel fighters.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
5 Oct. 2025
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Cyber attacks are sometimes referred to when talking about types of hybrid assaults, or tactics which aren’t open warfare but are designed to be destabilizing.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Rodriguez-Torres' arrest comes amid reports that threats and assaults against ICE officers have surged by more than 1,000% in recent years.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Glen Powell’s rapid ascent from working actor to movie star constitutes one of Hollywood’s great charm offensives.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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Future offensives by Russia would then become strategically futile, and thus not worth attempting.—
ANDRIY ZAGORODNYUK,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Sep. 2025
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Two families were targeted in separate armed home invasions in Philadelphia this weekend, authorities said, and the search is on for the suspects in both cases.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
7 Oct. 2025
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The video tool could also be useful during home invasions or other situations when speaking aloud could reveal the caller's location and pose a safety threat, Meiman said.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Air raids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20raids. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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