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 hospital said three from one family, including a one-year-old girl, were killed in a strike on a house east of Khan Yunis and one more person was killed in an air strike on the town of Abasan al-Kabira, also east of Khan Yunis.

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Last week, an air strike hit a commercial vehicle near Zalingei in Central Darfur, damaging nearby UN vehicles.

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At least 19 people have been killed in an air strike on a suspected rebel camp in Colombian province of Guaviare, according to the country's military.

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Army, informed the group that the military was working on plans for an air strike on the missile base.

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An air strike could never be guaranteed to destroy them all.

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