as in attempts
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
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.
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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
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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And the algicide attempts may not have worked because the biomass of blue-green algae was just too large for effects to be detected.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Lifetime, Prater was 23-of-24 on those attempts that happened in the last two minutes of regulation or in overtime.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
8 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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The recent Hamas ambushes have also raised growing concerns among Israeli military officials that more soldiers could be captured.—
Leila Seurat,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Aug. 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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In August, Russia’s aerial assaults on Ukraine slowed markedly, with 4,288 projectiles raining down on Ukrainian cities, an average of 138 per day.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Both offensives also caused widespread fires.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
20 Aug. 2025
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Now, both the Mayitos and Chapitos have stepped up their offensives to seize key territories, Dittmar explains.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 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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The power vacuum that ensues during this transition process has made the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, susceptible to foreign invasions and internal turmoil.—
Tenzin Dorjee,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Air raids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20raids. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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