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
Nasrallah, who headed Hezbollah for the past three decades, was killed in an Israeli air raid that leveled six apartment buildings in Beirut on Sept. 27.
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Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2024
Last December, Kyivstar was targeted with a powerful cyberattack that put millions of people in danger of not receiving alerts of potential air raids.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024
That’s especially true in war time: due to regular air raid alerts, and subsequent road closures, women may be forced to miss appointments or not be able to take their medication at the specified time, said Alice Fertility Clinic’s embryologist Olena Dubova.
—Lili Rutai, The Dial, 7 Jan. 2025
The Beirut skyline was covered with smoke from the large number of Israeli airstrikes in the city, while air raid sirens have been going off almost non-stop in cities and villages across northern Israel due to Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
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Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2024
Last December, Kyivstar was targeted with a powerful cyberattack that put millions of people in danger of not receiving alerts of potential air raids.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024
That’s especially true in war time: due to regular air raid alerts, and subsequent road closures, women may be forced to miss appointments or not be able to take their medication at the specified time, said Alice Fertility Clinic’s embryologist Olena Dubova.
—Lili Rutai, The Dial, 7 Jan. 2025
The Beirut skyline was covered with smoke from the large number of Israeli airstrikes in the city, while air raid sirens have been going off almost non-stop in cities and villages across northern Israel due to Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for air raid
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Wambaugh reportedly supervised production of the film, and the attempt to communicate all of the case’s complexities was born of his desire for realism, but without the simple, appealing narrative structure that simplifying the details would have allowed.—
Carmel Dagan,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2025
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Ani remains resistant to the annulment, and Toros' attempt to initiate it is rejected by the court since the couple was married in Nevada, not New York.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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After a 40-bank robbing spree, the saga of South Florida’s most infamous gangsters ended with a midnight police ambush on a bridge over Sebastian Inlet that left Ashley and his cohorts dead.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2025
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Infuriated by the Oct 7, 2023, ambush, prosecutors say, Czuba directed his anger and his bigotry at the kindergartner and his mother, Hanan Shaheen, who are Muslims of Palestinian descent.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 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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Change is a constant in most companies, but the ongoing onslaught of organizational change initiatives is creating frustration, exhaustion and burnout for many employees.—
Elizabeth Baskin,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago in an onslaught that has killed tens of thousands and displaced about 10 million people.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
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Israel's Gaza offensive killed at least 48,000 Palestinians, according to officials in the Hamas-run territory cited by the Associated Press.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Israel has been carrying out a broad military offensive in the occupied territory since the ceasefire took effect.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
arkansasonline.com,
22 Feb. 2025
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There are no indications of a home invasion or anything like that, sources tell me, but the cops do believe more is going on than first assumed.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2025
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That sentiment was compounded earlier in the day when the U.S. joined Russia, North Korea and Belarus in opposing a United Nations resolution condemning the invasion.—
Joe Rubin,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Air raid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20raid. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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