air raid

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noun

a raid by aircraft, especially for bombing a particular area.

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Origin of air raid

First recorded in 1910–15

Related formsair-raid, adjectiveair raider, noun

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Examples from the Web for air raid

The shock of the first air-raid sirens giving way to a kind of numbness.
Red Alert in Tel Aviv: Fear Inside the Israeli City’s Bubble|Ethan Perlson|November 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Rick Perry has traded in his dog whistle for an air-raid siren.
Perry: King of the Know-Nothings|Michael Tomasky|August 19, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Leakes has one of the loudest voices in the Western Hemisphere, something between an operatic soprano and an air-raid siren.
The Housewife Who Keeps It Real|Rebecca Dana|August 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
You look about as 'appy as 'Earty does when 'e 'ears there's goin' to be an air-raid.
Adventures of Bindle|Herbert George Jenkins

It is believed that in the excitement caused by an air-raid alarm it was snatched up by a customer who mistook it for his hat.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, July 25, 1917|Various
Rossiter was working in the Prosectorium at the Zoo when the daylight air-raid began.
Mrs. Warren's Daughter|Sir Harry Johnston
The British air-raid on Dsseldorf also accounted for one or possibly two.
The Illustrated War News, Number 15, Nov. 18, 1914|Various
Had he given any order to the effect that nobody was to be on the roof of his house during an air-raid?
The Pretty Lady |Arnold E. Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for air raid

air raid

noun

an attack by hostile aircraft
(as modifier)an air-raid shelter

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air raid

noun

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air raid

noun