air strike
or airstrike
the bombing or strafing of a city, enemy force, etc., by military aircraft: The air strike devastated the enemy's submarine base.
Origin of air strike
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How to use air strike in a sentence
Drugeon survived an airstrike last year and is believed to be still at large, officials have said.
U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre | Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWounded severely in his right leg in an airstrike two years ago, Ziad has an excuse for not enlisting.
Darkness at Noon Prayers: Inside the Islamic Police State | Jamie Dettmer | November 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd as if to emphasize their accounts, in early afternoon a U.S. airstrike hit a building in the middle of Kobani.
In the Battle for Kobani, ISIS Falls Back. But for How Long? | Jamie Dettmer | October 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe coalition airstrike was targeting a base used by al Nusrah, the local al Qaeda affiliate.
Exclusive: America’s Allies Almost Bombed in Syrian Airstrikes | Josh Rogin | September 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUDPATE: Ahmed Abdi Godane was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Somalia on Monday, September 1, 2014, the Pentagon has announced.
Ahmed Abdi Godane Is Al-Shabab's Osama bin Laden | Jamie Dettmer | September 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
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