air raid
1Air raid — refers to an attack by aircraft against ground targets. The term is generally used for strategic bombing attacks, while airstrike is used for smaller tactical attacks.WarAttack*Bombing of Guernica (April 26, 1937), the first air attack aimed at… …
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3air raid — air′ raid n. mil a raid by aircraft, esp. for bombing a particular area • Etymology: 1910–15 air′ raid , adj. air′ raid er, n …
4air raid — (n.) 1914, from AIR (Cf. air) (n.1) + RAID (Cf. raid); originally in reference to British attacks Sept. 22, 1914, on Zeppelin bases at Cologne and Düsseldorf in World War I. The German word is Fliegerangriff aviator attack, and if Old English had …
5air raid — air raids N COUNT: oft N on n, N n An air raid is an attack by military aircraft in which bombs are dropped. This expression is usually used by the country or group that is suffering the attack. Compare air strike. The war began with overnight… …
6air raid — air raid, adj. air raider. a raid by aircraft, esp. for bombing a particular area. [1910 15] * * * …
7air raid — air ,raid noun count an AIR STRIKE …
8air-raid — airˈ raid noun An attack on a place by aircraft • • • Main Entry: ↑air …
9air raid — n an attack in which bombs are dropped on a place by planes …
10air raid — ► NOUN ▪ an attack in which bombs are dropped from aircraft on to a ground target …