air raid
noun
: an attack by armed airplanes on a surface target
—usually hyphenated when used attributively
air-raid shelter
Examples of air raid in a Sentence
Much of the city was destroyed in an air raid.
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Ayal Margolin/Reuters Secretary Blinken’s message On Tuesday morning about 2 million people in central Israel, including Tel Aviv, awoke to the sound of air raid sirens after Hezbollah fired rockets deep into the country, all of which were intercepted.
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Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2024
Hezbollah meanwhile fired more rockets into Israel, including two that set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv before being intercepted.
—Mohammed Zaatari and Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
The air raid on central Beirut—the deadliest in over a year of war—apparently targeted two residential buildings in separate neighborhoods simultaneously, according to an AP photographer at the scene.
—Bilal Hussein, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
Hezbollah kept up rocket fire into Israel on Thursday, setting off air raid sirens in parts of northern Israel.
—Bilal Hussein, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
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Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2024
Hezbollah meanwhile fired more rockets into Israel, including two that set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv before being intercepted.
—Mohammed Zaatari and Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
The air raid on central Beirut—the deadliest in over a year of war—apparently targeted two residential buildings in separate neighborhoods simultaneously, according to an AP photographer at the scene.
—Bilal Hussein, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
Hezbollah kept up rocket fire into Israel on Thursday, setting off air raid sirens in parts of northern Israel.
—Bilal Hussein, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Air raid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20raid. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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