an air raid
71raid — raid1 [reıd] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Scottish English; Origin: Old English rad ride, raid ; ROAD] 1.) a short attack on a place by soldiers, planes, or ships, intended to cause damage but not take control ▪ a bombing raid ▪ an air raid warning… …
72raid — Synonyms and related words: air attack, air raid, air strike, assault, attack, banditry, bear raid, blitz, board, boarding, brigandage, brigandism, bull raid, bust, corner, corner in, depredate, depredation, descend upon, despoil, despoiling,… …
73raid — 1 noun (C) 1 a short attack on a place by soldiers, planes, or ships, intended to cause damage but not take control (+ on): a bombing raid on the railway line | cross border raids | carry out/launch/make a raid: Aircraft are carrying out raids on …
74raid — [[t]re͟ɪd[/t]] ♦♦♦ raids, raiding, raided 1) VERB When soldiers raid a place, they make a sudden armed attack against it, with the aim of causing damage rather than occupying any of the enemy s land. → See also air raid [V n] The guerrillas… …
75Raid (Militäraktion) — Als Raid (englisch für „Überfall“, „Raubzug“ o. a.) bezeichnet man in der Geschichtswissenschaft einen gewaltsamen, überfallartigen militärischen Übergriff auf das Gebiet einer anderen Nation, Region oder eines Volksstammes, um die… …
76raid — I UK [reɪd] / US noun [countable] Word forms raid : singular raid plural raids ** 1) a sudden short military attack an air raid by enemy jets raid on/against: Soldiers carried out raids on enemy targets in the area. 2) an action by police… …
77raid — raid1 [ reıd ] noun count ** 1. ) a sudden short military attack: an air raid by enemy jets raid on/against: Soldiers carried out raids on enemy targets in the area. 2. ) an action by police officers in which they suddenly enter a place in order… …
78air — n. & v. n. 1 an invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth, a mixture mainly of oxygen and nitrogen. 2 a the earth s atmosphere. b the free or unconfined space in the atmosphere (birds of the air; in the open air). c the atmosphere as a… …
79air attack — noun an attack by armed planes on a surface target • Syn: ↑air raid • Hypernyms: ↑foray, ↑raid, ↑maraud * * * air attack, an attack by aircraft …
80Air (jazz) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Air (homonymie). Air est un trio de free jazz fondé en 1971 par trois musiciens de l AACM : le saxophoniste Henry Threadgill, le contrebassiste Fred Hopkins et le batteur Steve McCall. Le trio s est dissous… …
