AIR RAID Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

air raid

noun

Definition of air raid

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 The attacks and the air raid alerts that accompany them have severely disrupted life in the city, forcing millions to constantly seek shelter and paralyzing the capital’s businesses and transport networks. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026 On August 27, Kyiv registered a record 13 air raid alerts in a single day. — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026 Mary Josephine Booth was familiar with the sound of the air raid sirens by then. — April White, JSTOR Daily, 23 Sep. 2026 Any time an air raid alert sounded, events were suspended immediately as guests, designers, and teams took shelter. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for air raid

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Noun

Well, on Monday, Overshown put those doubts to rest by tying for the team lead with six tackles and recording a game-sealing interception in the fourth quarter to thwart a Philadelphia comeback attempt.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026
Butker made his next attempt — a 50-yard field goal to cut the Seahawks’ lead to 13-3 late in the third quarter — before missing from 45 yards midway through the fourth.

— Pete Sweeney October 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of attempt

Noun

The soldiers, aviation technicians with the Salvandoran army, were victims of a gang ambush on Sunday in the Santo area of Croix-des-Bouquets, east of Port-au-Prince, while on their way back to camp after visiting a local supermarket.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
Using that information to inform computer models, the scientists found that mosasaurs were skilled ambush predators built for a quick sneak attack.

— October 16, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of ambush

Noun

Lula seized on these acts as meddling in the campaign, and as an assault on Brazilian sovereignty encouraged by the Bolsonaro family.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
All this was happening with a coincident and successful assault of affirmative action in higher education.

— Kamau Bobb October 21, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of assault

Noun

Organisms not resistant to this onslaught—anything from microbes and crops to whales and humans—would experience an almost violently severe sunburn.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon and independent progressive Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders countered the recent onslaught of campaign advertisements against her in a double-header rally in Gainesville Sunday.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of onslaught

Noun

Ukrainian officials say that the offensive has disrupted Russia’s assault on Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, key Ukrainian strongholds in the Donbas region.

— Anastasiia Parafeniuk, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Advertisement Leaders contemplating an October surprise or an offensive after the midterms must remember that uncomfortable truth.

— Ali Vaez, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of offensive

Noun

The United States was finally dragged into the Second World War, resulting in nightly blackouts and very real concerns about the bombing of their cities.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Vowing to stop Hezbollah’s attacks, Netanyahu led a bombing campaign in Lebanon and invaded the country twice since 2023.

— Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of bombing

Noun

Oleshky, like a large portion of the Kherson region, has been occupied by Russian forces since the early weeks of the invasion.

— Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026
The classmate, Joleene Altum, sued Griffin for emotional distress and invasion of privacy, and Griffin countersued for defamation in a bitter, ongoing legal battle.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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