as in attempt
an attack in which a place is bombed by military airplanes
Much of the city was destroyed in an air raid.
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Recent Examples of air raid
And for the first time in nearly six years, it was done without fear of inviting an air raid warden’s citation or German bombs.
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Si Liberman, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025
The luxury lodging has an underground bunker, built in 1965, which once sheltered celebs including Joan Baez and Jane Fonda from US air raids.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
The song incorporates music, spoken word, clips of a Vietnamese woman crying out for her son, and the sound of air raid sirens.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
In Ukraine, air raid sirens sounded across the country on Monday morning.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
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Si Liberman, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025
The luxury lodging has an underground bunker, built in 1965, which once sheltered celebs including Joan Baez and Jane Fonda from US air raids.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
The song incorporates music, spoken word, clips of a Vietnamese woman crying out for her son, and the sound of air raid sirens.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
In Ukraine, air raid sirens sounded across the country on Monday morning.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for air raid
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The man was apprehended, weeks after the latest kidnapping attempt in Paris, near Tangier in northern Morocco, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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Searching for the source of the gunfire, police came upon Baker, who said he and his friend had been fired on during a holdup attempt, and the friend, Hudson, had been wounded.—
John Lynch,
Arkansas Online,
4 June 2025
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Three police officers shot in what appears to be a surprise ambush at the scene of a grisly murder.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Osorio-Ortiz’s arrest warrant, which called the shooting a premeditated ambush, shows the argument centered around Rivera’s 18-year-old son, Josiah Lombillo, who lived with his mother and Osorio-Ortiz, and 20-year-old Keniel Gonzalez.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 May 2025
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Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.—
Jacky Wong,
WSJ,
6 Feb. 2023
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Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
31 Jan. 2023
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Warm ocean water in these areas can cause storms to rapidly intensify right before landfall, giving communities less time to prepare for the onslaught.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
30 May 2025
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The chaos the president’s tariff onslaught caused in the U.S. Treasury market quickly spread to Japan, boosting yields.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Zelenskyy said the setbacks for the Kremlin would help force it to the negotiating table, even as its pursues a summer offensive on the battlefield.—
Mehmet Guzel,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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Even before the latest Ukrainian drone strikes, amid preparations for the peace talks in Istanbul, Russia was stepping up attacks on Ukraine in what seems to be the early stages of a new summer offensive.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
2 June 2025
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The previous talks on May 16 in the same Turkish city were the first direct peace negotiations since the early weeks of Moscow's 2022 invasion.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 June 2025
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The previous talks on May 16 in the same Turkish city were the first direct peace negotiations since the early weeks of Moscow’s 2022 invasion.—
Mehmet Guzel,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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“Air raid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20raid. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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