air strike

Or airstrike

noun

1. the bombing or strafing of a city, enemy force, etc., by military aircraft.

   The air strike devastated the enemy's submarine base.

Word History and Origins

Origin of air strike¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

The latest, a nurse who died of shrapnel injuries from an Israeli air strike near his tent in September.

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Qatar's prime minister has said it is ready to continue its efforts to end the war in Gaza, after his Israeli counterpart expressed regret over an air strike that targeted Hamas leaders in Doha earlier this month.

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The Palestinian Medical Relief Society's primary healthcare centre in Gaza City was meanwhile destroyed in an Israeli air strike which reportedly injured two health workers, the World Health Organization said.

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An emergency meeting of Arab and Islamic states is taking place in Qatar in response to Israel's air strike on Hamas leaders in Doha last week.

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The second way international law addresses proportionality concerns each individual military action within a conflict, such as an air strike.

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