air raid
noun
: an attack by armed airplanes on a surface target
—usually hyphenated when used attributively
air-raid shelter
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Much of the city was destroyed in an air raid.
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Ukrainians want to live in peace, without nightly air raid sirens.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2025
Mumme contributed heavily to the development of the air raid offense as head coach at Iowa Wesleyan from 1989 to 1991.
—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 20 June 2025
She had been given the day off from school due to feeling unwell and from lack of sleep from the air raid sirens that had gone off earlier that night.
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Blasts lit up the night sky and echoed across the city as air raid sirens wailed.
—Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2025
Mumme contributed heavily to the development of the air raid offense as head coach at Iowa Wesleyan from 1989 to 1991.
—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 20 June 2025
She had been given the day off from school due to feeling unwell and from lack of sleep from the air raid sirens that had gone off earlier that night.
—Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
Blasts lit up the night sky and echoed across the city as air raid sirens wailed.
—Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
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“Air raid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20raid. Accessed 9 Aug. 2025.
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