air raid

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noun

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

Origin of air raid

First recorded in 1910–15

Other words from air raid

air-raid, adjective
air raider, noun

Words Nearby air raid

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How to use air raid in a sentence

Catbirds are pretty vocal, but this guy was like an air raid siren, squawking up a storm.
On the house: Wrens are nesting in my backyard bird box. I couldn’t be happier. | John Kelly | July 7, 2021 | Washington Post
A 50-year-old woman died Friday morning during an air raid from injuries she sustained running for shelter.
Israeli forces hit Hamas tunnels in Gaza as all-out war looms; more rockets rain down | Steve Hendrix, Michael E. Miller, Shira Rubin | May 14, 2021 | Washington Post
Its production lines had been converted to pump out air raid PA systems and scrambler telephones to support the war effort.
In London, looking backward to move forward | Henry Wismayer | March 5, 2021 | Washington Post
Among them was the neighbor who had insisted that the air raid shelter be searched for survivors.
Life Under Air Strikes: Children Under Fire Will Never Forget — or Forgive | Clive Irving | August 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Without an Iron Dome defense system, air raid sirens or even bomb shelters, people resign themselves to their fate.
A Child’s Funeral in Gaza | Jesse Rosenfeld | July 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

Half an hour after I had returned to my old apartment from Jaffa, an air raid siren went off.
How I Got Used to Gaza Rockets | Miranda Frum | July 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Better yet, listen to the piercing air-raid siren on Memorial Day and Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Recognition of 'Jewish State' is Necessary for Peace Talks | Micah Stein | July 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
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 | THE DAILY BEAST
As we were putting them into the vans the signal came that an air raid was on.
Patchwork | Anna Balmer Myers
But I had hardly got settled for sleep when the shrieking siren announced an air raid.
Polly the Pagan | Isabel Anderson
The peril of an air raid was forgotten as the ambulances rolled in from the north and east.
Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross | Alice B. Emerson
One night we were there during an air raid and didn't oven bother to get out of bed to look for a shelter.
The Biography of a Rabbit | Roy Benson
Every time there was an air raid they strapped him on a plank and carried him down to the air raid shelter.
The Biography of a Rabbit | Roy Benson

British Dictionary definitions for air raid

air raid

noun

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

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