air raid

noun

Definition of air raidnext
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 Kuwaiti’s military said forces were intercepting missiles and drones attacking the country, while Bahrain activated air raid sirens and told residents to move to the nearest safe location and follow official instructions. — Michelle L. Price, Fortune, 6 June 2026 Loud explosions shook the Ukrainian capital, where more than 50,000 people sheltered in subway stations after authorities issued air raid warnings, the Kyiv Metro said. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 Moore’s wartime Shelter Drawings depict families sheltering in the London Underground during air raids, while foreshadowing the abstract, organic forms of his later sculpture. — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 On May 19, a Romanian fighter jet shot down a Ukrainian drone over Estonia and, a day later, another drone flying toward the Lithuanian capital Vilnius prompted authorities to issue an air raid alert, sending residents rushing for shelters. — CBS News, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for air raid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for air raid
  1. attempt
  2. ambush
  3. assault
  4. onslaught
  5. offensive
  6. bombing
  7. invasion
Noun
  • No one expects Moreno to spend like the Dodgers do (and even Walter’s fellow owners want a salary cap in an attempt to stop the Dodgers).
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • One interception attempt resulted in a large explosion that spectacularly blew the roof off a fuel tank.
    — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of attempt
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  • Dallas Police Association President Sean Pease says as Dallas prepares to honor the five officers killed in the July 7, 2016, ambush, City Hall should also remember the officers and employees still serving.
    — Erin Jones, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • Require early disclosure of proposals and nominations, which kills the ambush.
    — Kyle Westaway, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of ambush
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  • Indeed, the administration’s assault on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act intensifies the damage.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • Williams had an extraditable warrant out of Suffolk County, New York, on multiple charges including burglary, strangulation and assault.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of assault
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  • In Texas, ranchers are bracing for an onslaught of screwworms, the flesh-eating maggots of blowflies.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Torres lamented that the nation’s landmark semiquincentennial comes amid a fever pitch of anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States, marked by a rise in xenophobia and an onslaught of attempts to restrict newcomers here and abroad.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
Definition of onslaught
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  • Israel’s retaliatory offensive in Gaza has killed 73,098 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
    — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Ancelotti’s charm offensive is clearly working its magic on his players and the public.
    — Chris Evans, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of offensive
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  • July 6, 2022 marks the four-year anniversary of the Guidestones bombing, and still no arrests, and no official suspects have been announced.
    — AJC.com, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
  • Last fall, Israel and Hamas signed a two-phase agreement after two years of bombing and siege in Gaza following the October 7, 2023 attacks in Israel.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Definition of bombing
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  • Serhii Okunev | Afp | Getty Images Ukrainian drones struck a major oil refinery in the city of Omsk in western Siberia, in what appears to be one of Kyiv's deepest attacks on Russian territory since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • Anxiety in the Russian capital is high following Ukraine’s June 18 drone attack, the largest since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, and the second targeting Moscow’s Kapotnya refinery in less than a week.
    — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of invasion

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“Air raid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20raid. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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