Air Raid

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• Air 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… …   Wikipedia

• air 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 …   From formal English to slang

• air 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 …   Etymology dictionary

• air 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… …   English dictionary

• air raid — air raid, adj. air raider. a raid by aircraft, esp. for bombing a particular area. [1910 15] * * * …   Universalium

• air raid — air ,raid noun count an AIR STRIKE …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• air-raid — airˈ raid noun An attack on a place by aircraft • • • Main Entry: ↑air …   Useful english dictionary

• air raid — n an attack in which bombs are dropped on a place by planes …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• air raid — ► NOUN ▪ an attack in which bombs are dropped from aircraft on to a ground target …   English terms dictionary

• air raid — n. an attack by aircraft, esp. bombers, against a surface target, as a city …   English World dictionary