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
Russia used 653 drones and 51 missiles in the wide-reaching attack, which triggered air raid alerts across the country and came as Ukraine marked Armed Forces Day, the country's air force said Saturday morning.
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CBS News, 6 Dec. 2025
Russia used 653 drones and 51 missiles in the overnight attack on Ukraine, triggering air raid alerts across the country.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Dec. 2025
Overnight Friday, there were air raid alerts across the whole of Ukraine, whose authorities said that a mass missile and drone attack had killed at least two people injured 27 others injured.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
Kyiv was under an air raid alert for more than ten hours overnight into Saturday, CNN reporters in the city said, with drones and loud explosions audible in the skies overhead.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
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CBS News, 6 Dec. 2025
Russia used 653 drones and 51 missiles in the overnight attack on Ukraine, triggering air raid alerts across the country.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Dec. 2025
Overnight Friday, there were air raid alerts across the whole of Ukraine, whose authorities said that a mass missile and drone attack had killed at least two people injured 27 others injured.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
Kyiv was under an air raid alert for more than ten hours overnight into Saturday, CNN reporters in the city said, with drones and loud explosions audible in the skies overhead.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for air raid
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The Clippers went ahead by four on free throws from Mathurin and Jones, but Murray drove for a dunk and hit a three before drawing the foul by Jones on a last-ditch attempt from beyond the arc.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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In a step that rights activists call an attempt to block a dual-surname system, Takaichi is calling for a law to allow the greater use of maiden names as aliases instead.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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An on-the-street interview series that doesn’t feel like an ambush or a stunt?—
Chris Richards,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2026
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Alas, escaping through the forest in the snow, Elisabeta is killed in an ambush.—
Jocelyn Noveck,
Boston Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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There's fear the cases are widely underreported, and the airline industry and authorities aren't aggressively tracking in-air assaults.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Surprise, surprise, JPMorgan Chase and other big banks survived this outrageous assault upon their prerogatives.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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Only 40% of the city’s 260,000 residents managed to flee the onslaught alive, thousands of whom were wounded, the officials said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Our mammalian brains cannot process this onslaught of trauma here and everywhere; we are not wired to be in constant fight or flight.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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Peace talks between both sides ultimately broke down last year after the ELN staged an offensive in Catatumbo in which dozens of people were killed and more than 50,000 were forced to flee their homes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Feb. 2026
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The offensive reflects a larger pattern of atrocities in Sudan’s war, which has created the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.—
Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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In 2001, she was arrested and jailed for ten days in Puerto Rico after protesting Navy bombing on the island of Vieques.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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Local police official Zafar Khan said shortly after the suicide bombing, a group of militants tried to sneak into the security post.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2026
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After Russia launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine nearly four years ago, EU members moved to end their dependence on Russian oil and gas.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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There’s no reason for Republicans not to accede to Democrats’ demands that ICE adopt standard law enforcement practices, including no masks, visible ID and no warrantless arrests or home invasions.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2026
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