air raid

noun

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

air raid

noun

1. 1. an attack by hostile aircraft

   2. ( as modifier )

      an air-raid shelter

Other Word Forms

• air-raid adjective
• air raider noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of air raid¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Walk the streets of Kyiv and you'll pass a sea of tired faces - people's eyes are red from a lack of sleep, their rest broken by the air raid sirens.

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Announcers reviewed the air raid alarms that would be used in case of emergency.

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Luckily, following the air raid warning that had sounded before the attack, the children had taken cover in the school's shelter there.

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One of the few ways residents in such places can defend themselves from such attacks is to hide under an air raid shelter.

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The attacks follow nights of air raids in the region, parts of which Russia currently controls.

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Related Words

• air attack www.thesaurus.com
• bombing run